(November 13, 2020, 7:39 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — McDonald’s history of discrimination against Blacks that began when the franchise system started in 1955 and Blacks were not permitted to be franchisees continues today, with the franchisor steering Black franchisees to underperforming Black neighborhoods where it charges them higher rents, forces them to pay for renovations or rebuilds and then forces them out when they can’t keep up with the costs, two current franchisees allege in an Oct. 29 class complaint filed in an Illinois federal court (James Byrd, Jr., et al. v. McDonald’s USA, LLC, et al., No. 20-6447, N.D. Ill.)....