fitness apologized after three employees wrongly accused shyrod oates, a black man, of working out without employees are no longer with the company adding, our staff unnecessarily escalated the situation rather than work through it. >> i do nothing, i do my work, my grades are good -- >> reporter: actress gabourey sidibe says the phenomenon known as shopping while black happened to her. she went to a chanel store in chicago looking for sunglasses. she says the clerk directed her to a discount store across the street. chanel later released a statement that read in part, we immediately investigated knowing that this ish the high standard that chanel wishes to provide." john hansen, a milwaukee bucks nba star, says he too was discriminated against in 2015 at a high-end jewelry store. he wrote that he went during business hours and that employees locked the door and told him to go away. two police cars then pulled up. the officers questioning him about his car. thomas dixon, owner of the jeweler, said he regretted the incident and that racial profiling is never acceptable. >> all of these thin