#LaughingWhileBlack: 10 Black Women Kicked Off Of Napa Valley Wine Train for Laughing


A group of Black women were kicked off a Napa Valley Wine Train on Saturday after another guest complained that they were laughing too loud.

The women who were members of a book club were escorted of the train and met by police officers. No charges were filed.
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Posted by Lisa Renee Johnson on Saturday, August 22, 2015

“It was humiliating. I’m really offended to be quite honest. I felt like it was a racist attack on us. I feel like we were being singled out,” Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle. The woman received a full refund but Johnson also wants an apology.

The company posted this statement on their Facebook page, but it was later deleted.

Photo: Facebook/Lisa Renee Johnson