AMC Responds to Racial Profiling Incident by Firing Employees, Donating 20,000 Free Tickets to ‘Harriet’ Film

Posted on November 29, 2019 by oclynchjr Leave a comment

AMC Theatres is doing damage control after a group of Black women allege they were racially profiled by staffers during a recent showing of “Harriet” in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana, earlier this month.

Three employees have been fired as a result of the incident, and the theater chain is continuing to make amends.

Members of the 504 Queens, an African-American women’s empowerment group and nonprofit, claim they were humiliated during a Nov. 3 trip to see the critically acclaimed film. Their outing was ruined when two employees and a kitchen staffer confronted the women about an apparent mix-up with their tickets.

In a letter to AMC, an attorney for the nonprofit described how workers questioned the validity of one of the women’s tickets several times, even after she proved her ticket was real and that she was in the correct seat.

Sandra Gordon, a member of the 504 Queens, said she thought the issue had been resolved. But she would be interrupted twice more by employees who accused her of being rude to a worker who came to check her ticket earlier. (read more)