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Jury awards $1M to Portland woman who tried to buy gas but told: ‘I don’t serve Black people’

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A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.”
Published 2 months ago · Portland, United States

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Oregon woman awarded $1m over racist discrimination at gas station

Attendant repeatedly dismissed Rose Wakefield as she attempted to get his service and told her, ‘I don’t serve Black people’

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom
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Woman awarded $1m after gas station worker told her: ‘I don’t serve Black people’

Rose Wakefield, 63, was refused service in 2020 by Oregon attendant who told her: ‘I don’t serve Black people’

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom
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'I don't serve Black people': Oregon woman refused service at gas station awarded $1 million by jury

Rose Wakefield could hardly get her words out amid tears after the incident in which a gas station attendant refused to serve her, her lawyer said.

2 months ago·United States
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Jury: $1M to Oregon woman told 'I don't serve Black people'

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.” The Multnomah County jury’s award this week to Portland resident Rose Wakefield, 63, included punitive damages of $550,000.

2 months ago·United States
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She tried to get gas. ‘I don’t serve Black people,’ an attendant told her.

An Oregon jury awarded Rose Wakefield $1 million in damages after a gas station attendant allegedly bypassed her to serve White customers.

2 months ago·Washington, United States
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Jury awards $1 million to Oregon woman who was told "I don't serve Black people" while trying to get gas

"I was like, 'What world am I living in?'" Rose Wakefield said. "This is not supposed to go down like that."

2 months ago·New York, United States
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