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Alison Ettel, CEO and founder of TreatWell, laughs at a consultation in her apartment complex in San Francisco, on Sunday, October 18, 2015.
Alison Ettel, CEO and founder of TreatWell, laughs at a consultation at his home complex of apartments in San Francisco on Sunday, October 18, 2015.
Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle 2015Alison Ettel, CEO and founder of TreatWell, Kyra Pets as its owner Rick Harrison looks at a consultation in San Francisco on Sunday, October 18, 2015.
Alison Ettel, CEO and Founder of TreatWell , Kyra pets as its owner Rick Harrison looks at a consultation in San Francisco on Sunday, October 18, 2015.
Photo: Connor Radnovich, The ChronicleClick on the slide show to see the racial incidents that recently made headlines
Esra Altun, a 19-year-old student at San Jose State University, said that a man had pulled her by her hijab, squeezing her around her neck and the strangler. The incident occurred the day after the presidential election, in a parking garage of the university.
minusEsra Altun, a student of the State University of San Jose, 19, said that a man had pulled her by her hijab , squeezing her around her neck and strangling her. The incident occurred the day after the presidential election, in
… moreappeared at an elementary school in Alameda, California on the weekend following the election of Donald Trump as president. To combat hate messages, parents and students held "mass reception committees" in several schools in the district.
lessappeared at a primary school in Alameda, California on the weekend following the election of Donald Trump as president. To combat hate messages, parents and students held "a mass welcome
… morewere seen at a Veterans Day parade in Petaluma, California and two allegedly wore Donald Trump shirts. The exhibition surprised the locals, including the representative Jared Huffman, who
… moreA video of a showdown on a charcoal barbecue in Lake Merritt, Oakland, California, drew national attention after being shared and viewed thousands of times since his initial posting. An event titled BBQ 'N While Black took place in response to the incident. The flyer, designed by Jhamel Robinson, one of the organizers, looks like one of the dozens of memes that have been shared on social networks.
lessA video of a showdown on a charcoal barbecue at Lake Merritt, in Oakland, California, drew national attention after being shared and viewed thousands of times. times since his initial assignment. An event entitled
… moreYale police would have been summoned by a white student to report a dormant black student in a common room on Tuesday, May 9, 2018. The police would not leave even after the woman, Lolade Siyonbola – who is a graduate student at Yale – showed them the key to his room and his identity card.
lessA Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia asked Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson to leave because they had not made any purchases. After they refused, and said that they were waiting for a friend, the manager called the police. Six officers arrived and handcuffed the men, a confrontation that triggered an international reaction and was viewed more than 8 million times on social networks.
lessA Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia asked Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson to leave because they had not made any purchases. After they refused, and said that they were expecting a friend, the director
… moreA white woman called the police on Michael Hayes, a black real estate investor in Memphis, who was inspecting a house in May 2018. The video went viral, and the end had a surprising twist.
A white woman called the police on Michael Hayes, a black real estate investor in Memphis, who was inspecting a house in May 2018. The video went viral, and the end had a surprising twist.
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf plan to open stores in Houston in 2013. They have not yet announced whether these stores will be kosher. (KEN CHITWOOD)
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are planning to open stores in Houston in 2013. They have not yet announced whether these stores will be kosher. (KEN CHITWOOD)
An interaction between a Muslim woman in a niqab and a white man in a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Riverside, California, was captured on video. When the woman asked the man why he was racist towards her, he replied, "I do not like it, how do I do?" I do not like it because I do not like it. do not like your religion and he says to kill me and me you do not want to be killed by you, how are you? "The man was kicked out of coffee.
lessAn interaction between a woman Muslim in a niqab and a white man in a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Riverside, California, was captured on video.When the woman asked the man why he was racist towards her he
. .. moreA video featuring members of the Syracuse University's Theta Tau, spewing out racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and sexist statements and gestures, sparked an online uproar.
A video featuring members of the Syracuse University's Theta Tau, spitting racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and sexist language and gestures, sparked an online uproar.
Starbucks again under surveillance: A Latin client named Pedro accused Starbucks employees of giving him a cup with a racial insult on it. The incident happened at La Ca – ada, California
Starbucks again under surveillance: A Latino customer named Pedro accused Starbucks employees of him give a cup with a racial insist on it. The incident occurred at La Ca – ada, California
Three black teenagers strolling through a Nordstrom store in Brentwood, Missouri, were racially profiled and charged with stealing from the store. An elderly woman approached them and said, "Would your parents and grandparents be proud of what you are doing? She also described them as "gang of tramps".
lessA Florida student was seen waving a sign with a message asking another student to say, "If I were black, I would pick cotton, but I'm white so I'm going to choose U 4 prom.
A Florida student was seen holding up a sign with a message asking another student to get up: "If I were black, I would pick cotton, but I'm white and I am choosing U 4 prom? "
The new audio version of a 911 call contradicts the claims of a San Francisco woman that she claimed to call the police for a girl who was selling bottled water
Alison Ettel is excused and resigned from her position as CEO of the treatWell Health sugar cane firm after being surprised by a video showing a young African American woman 8 years old who sold water without a license. last week. On Saturday, Ettel told The Chronicle that she had only pretended to call the police after an argument with the girl's mother, an assertion denied by the audio of 911,
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In the call, Ettel says to 911 dispatcher: "I have someone who has no salesman Allow that one sells water in front of the stadium "and asks" someone to talk to about it ". The dispatcher asks Ettel to hold him back while he transfers her to the San Francisco Police Department. The call ends after a brief wait. It is not known if Ettel hung up or was accidentally disconnected.
Routing records referred to the call as a "suspicious person" report, KTVU said. The news station also confirmed that she had been placed on Ettel's cell phone number
The episode broke out on Saturday when a video posted on Instagram the previous day showed Etel had apparently called the police in front of a south market apartment building. She does not want to let a little girl sell water, she calls the police on a 8-year-old girl, "said the mother of the girl, who was recording the video." You can hide everything that you want, the whole world will see you, damn it. "
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] "Yeah, and, uh, illegally selling water without a license?" Ettel can be heard saying on the phone.
Ettel told The Chronicle that the girl and her mother, later identified as Erin Austin, had been making noise for several hours and that she had lost her self-control and Ettel said that she first asked the buildings safety to intervene , but had a fight with Austin who stepped up in the exchange captured on the video.
Austin said the police never arrived on Friday. A spokesman for the SFPD said the police had not had recent contact with an 8-year-old girl
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Just three weeks ago, a white man dismantled a black homeless camp in Oakland and threw some of his belongings into Merritt Lake. Then in April, a woman nicknamed #BBQBecky made headlines after calling the police at an African-American family barbecue at Lake Merritt in Oakland. The incident inspired a national movement of "barbecuing while black"
Chranle team writer Evan Sernoffsky and writer of SFGATE team , Filipa Ioannou, contributed to this report.
Michelle Robertson is a writer for SFGATE. Email it to [email protected] or find it on Twitter at @mrobertsonsf.