Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton and the CEO of Barneys, Mark Lee, had a closed-door meeting to discuss recent allegations of racial profiling at the New York department store, the the Huffington Post reports.
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The two met at Sharpton’s National Action Network in Harlem.
“We had a very candid and open meeting today to begin a dialogue,” Sharpton said after the meeting. Lee said a preliminary investigation of the incident showed no employee fault. He added that the store does not tolerate discrimination and that he wants “to be a part of the solution” to end racial profiling.
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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