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Shawn Jay Z Carter has announced that he will move forward with a multi-million dollar deal he has with Barney’s New York. The high-end retail store is recovering from a wave of backlash regarding its practices when dealing with customers of color. 19-year-old Trayon Christian and 23-year-old Kayla Phillips both filed lawsuits against the NYPD and the department store after being accosted by police who accused them of credit card fraud and theft from the store.

Kanye West has responded to news that the department store Barney’s racially profiles its customers. At a Yeezus Tour stop in Vegas, West spoke at length about a variety of things, including shopping while black. Tying the incidents into his song “New Slaves,” the star referenced the cases of Trayon Christian and Kayla Phillips.

Art Palmer is the fourth man to come forward and say that he was unfairly racially profiled while shopping at a New York Macy’s. Both Macy’s & Barney’s have been under fire since last week after 19-year-old Trayon Christian announced his lawsuit against Barney’s after being arrested for making a purchase at the chain.

Should Jay Z discontinue his partnership with Barney’s? Some folks think so. Ever since news broke of 19-year-old Trayon Christian’s lawsuit against the department store, Jay Z has been feeling the heat. Christian filed a lawsuit against both Barney’s and the NYPD after he was wrongfully arrested in April.

Yesterday we broke news of 19-year-old Trayon Christian’s arrest for shopping while black at an NYC Barney’s. Turns out that he isn’t the only young black person who has been discriminated against at the store. Kayla Phillips, 21, told the Daily News that four plainclothes cops accused her of credit card fraud.

19-year-old Trayon Christian never thought he would end up in handcuffs for shopping. But that’s exactly what happened to the Queens, NY college student when he purchased a belt at Barney’s. Christian purchased a $350 designer belt when a clerk had him arrested.

  Civil rights leaders and retail executives met Monday to announce a “bill of rights” for shoppers. The list comes after a string of controversial claims made by African American customers while shopping at high-end retail stores in New York City.

According to recent plans announced by retail chain Barneys, there will be a whole bunch of policing going on. An internal memo sent to store security said the chain would start keeping a log of which police officers used its security rooms. 

New York City is giving 17 major retail stores until Friday to submit information on how they have dealt with suspected thieves in their stores. At a hearing on Wednesday, the City Council tackled the issue of racial profiling by hearing statements from Macy’s and Barneys New York denying allegations by customers that they had […]

Jay Z has finally broke his silence about the controversial Barney’s deal. In light of two African American shoppers’ claims of racial discrimination by Barney’s & the NYPD, critics have been urging Hov to cancel his multi-million dollar arrangement with the department store.

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights group said Thursday it was seeking a meeting with the CEO of Barneys New York in the wake of racial profiling claims by two shoppers at the high-end department store. The Brooklyn chapter of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network said the group also […]