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A Black doctor is suing JPMorgan Chase and two employees at the bank's Sugar Land, Texas, branch for racial discrimination after she says she was refused service to open a bank account.
Dr. Malika Mitchell-Stewart, 34, completed her residency at the end of last year and planned to open a bank account with a $16,780.16 check at the Chase bank in Sugar Land, according to the lawsuit.
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The lawsuit claims that when Mitchell-Stewart presented her check to one of the bank's employees, they began to ask questions challenging the validity of the check as well as Mitchell-Stewart's employment as a doctor. The employee then allegedly told Mitchell-Stewart that they had to verify the check with the bank manager, the second employee named in the case, who is not actually a bank manager but an associate banker and lead teller-operations specialist, according to the lawsuit.
The second employee allegedly told Mitchell-Stewart that the check was fraudulent without providing justification before turning her away. Mitchell-Stewart then left the bank to avoid being arrested and "had an adverse emotional reaction over this humiliation," according to the lawsuit.
"What Dr. Mitchell-Stewart was reminded of on this day was that she is a black woman attempting to deposit $16,000 in a predominantly white affluent suburb - Sugarland, Texas in Ft. Bend County," the lawsuit said. "Solely because of her race, Dr. Mitchell-Stewart was discriminated against by members of Chase’s banking staff and denied services provided to non-African American customers of Chase."
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It's time to hold banks accountable! Boycott Chase!
This kind of "incidents" should not be happening anymore. It is clear that we need a change. We need to fight to abolish this kind of behavior.
Disappointing to see that this "inccidents" have become something black people have to experience regularly...
As a brown immigrant, not familiar with the local practices, it some discriminatory situations are difficult to identify. You yourself will justify them as "local processes I'm not familiar with". This is why highlighting ones rights is critical.
Similar thing happened to my sister in at a different bank, they judged her by looks and turned here away. Fuck the banks, they will always be valuing profits over people, and the government rules helps them do it!!
This ain't nothin new, been happening for as longs as banks have been around, maybe these banks need there "me too" moment, and have people come forward about how they have been treated!
Makes me mad to read this, although I haven't personally experienced this before, I am also Asian not black. This is terrible and outright discrimination! Def not banking with Chase.