Hotel CEOs Say Protests Are Our ‘Call to Action’ to Do More to Promote Racial Justice
Photo Credit: Several U.S. hotel company CEOs Tuesday said they support ongoing peaceful protests against racial inequality. Wikimedia / Fibonacci Blue
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U.S. hotel leaders say repeated examples of prejudice and racial inequality are a call for them to do more given their diverse workforces. What materializes from such a call? A whole world is waiting.
The chief executives of some of the largest U.S. hotel companies expressed support Tuesday for peaceful protests in response to ongoing examples of racial injustice across America.
Crowds continued to protest in U.S. municipalities of all sizes this week in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody. Some of these peaceful protests have turned violent between protestors and members of law enforcement, leading to rioting and looting. Police fired tear gas on protestors outside the White House Monday, as Trump administration officials appeared in the Rose Garden and made their way to the nearby St. John’s church for President Donald Trump t
