Black Women’s Book Club Wins $11 Million Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Napa Valley Wine Train

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A Black women’s book club group were harshly removed from a California vineyard tour after white patrons accused them of being too loud on their train ride. According to Reuters reports:

Eleven women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for $11 million for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train for being too loud, their lawyer said on Monday.

Members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club came to an “amicable settlement” with the Napa Valley Wine Train company on Thursday, six months after filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Northern California, their attorney Waukeen McCoy said.

Oprah Hit With Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit

Oprah Winfrey does not look out for her OWN.

At least not according to a new lawsuit accusing her and the network of sexual discrimination. A female exec claims she got the chop after getting pregnant! 

Carolyn Hommel says in her lawsuit, filed Friday, which she was hired in 2010 as senior director of scheduling and acquisitions at Oprah's OWN network.

Hommel claims she was told she was on track to become a Vice President with the organization, but says things changed when she became pregnant.