New York Public Library Apologizes for Racially Profiling NY Post Reporter
From The NY Post:
The New York Public Library has apologized to Page Six reporter Carlos Greer after he experienced racial profiling during a gala at the city institution.
“I was racially profiled at the New York Public Library, and it was humiliating,” Greer wrote in a piece published in The Post on Friday.
At Monday’s Library Lions Gala, Greer, a 32-year-old black man, was told by security, “You fit the description [of a party crasher].”
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See Also: “I Was Racially Profiled at the New York Public Library” (via NY Post)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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