Well known celebrity and philanthropist Byron Allen's company Entertainment Studios has taken on two cable powerhouses Comcast and Charter Communications.  In 2015 Byron Allen filed a $20billion discrimination lawsuit against Comcast and in 2016 filed another discrimination lawsuit for $10billion against Charter Communications.  The initial ruling from the first trial the judicial ruled in Comcasts favor and in the Charter case ruled in Entertainment Studios favor.  Charter who was not pleased with the verdict decided to appeal and Entertainment Studios decided to appeal the Comcast  ruling and the cases were then tried in the 9th Circuit Court in California and in both cases Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios won both the Comcast and Charter cases.  It was stated in the 9th Circuit Court appeal that Byron Allen's cases were plausible for racial discrimination as a factor in decisions made by both Comcast and Charter to not carry any of Entertainment Studios suite of cable channels (Littleton, C, 2018).  The law that Allen's Entertainment Studios utilized in his case was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Section 1981 which was created after the slaves were freed in 1865.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was created to PROTECT Fair Contracting.   Economically, in Government Contracts and Commercial Contracts because after being freed from slavery it would be imperative, on their part,  to integrate the slaves into the economy and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 made that pathway for us to be integrated fairly and to have a seat at the economic table.

     When Comcast lost the second ruling they chose to take the case to the Supreme Court.  In their first showing the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case and agreed with the ruling provided by the 19th Circuit Court in California and directed all parties to figure out how they could handle it, Mr. Allen wanted mediation, because they sided with the ruling for Entertainment Studios and Comcast would not comply.  

     Comcast is basically petitioning the court to deny not just Mr. Allen but anyone who has the wherewithal to exercise their Civil Right to be economically included in the market and they are doing it by not only denying and discriminating against Mr. Allen but all minorities of all of their Civil Rights because of their greed!  Comcast is appealing in the Supreme Court and using Donald Trump's Department of Justice to eviscerate the Civil Rights Act of 1866.  This means that if the Civil Rights Act of 1866 is destroyed then the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was birthed through the Civil Rights Act of 1866, will lose the very foundation upon which it exists and be in jeopardy being erased thus taking us back to the rules of law during slavery prior to 1865... this is not a test this is very real.  

     It has taken us over 153years and counting to consistently fight for our basic human Civil Rights in this country and we are still fighting to this day.  The fact that a Cable company is in position to attack our Civil Rights is disgusting to say the least.  Let your dollars speak for you and for what you will not stand for!  If you have Comcast or Charter you have economic power... use it!!!  Please understand that they are not just fighting to deny Civil Rights to African Americans they are fighting to take away the Civil Rights of ALL MINORITIES that are protected under both Acts of 1866 & 1964.

     WE CANNOT SIT BACK AND LET THEM WIN THIS FIGHT!  Please petition your Representatives, the Black Caucus, Comcast, Charter, US Supreme Court, Color of Change, your friends, family and co-workers to sign this petition to put an end to the attack against ALL OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS!  We have fought the good fight and we cannot let sacrifices of our elders be for nothing!  #FightforYourRights