Black leaders boycott BP

A GROUP of American black leaders including the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are to boycott British oil giant BP, accusing it of exploiting customers and racially discriminating in its business practices.

Rev Jackson said: “One of the biggest issues of our time is energy exploitation. We are encouraging people to go to other stations.”

The London-based firm was targeted because none of its upper-level executives were black and there were no black owners among its US distributors, he said.