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> You can blame the patrons, not the owners. The owners are behaving rationally, sadly. You can blame both, in fact. The owners don't get a free pass on having
by lambda 13y ago
> You can blame the patrons, not the owners. The owners are behaving rationally, sadly.
You can blame both, in fact. The owners don't get a free pass on having a racist door policy just because a few patrons are racist as well.
If you want to keep the club from being "ghetto", then have a dress code, and turn away anyone, white, black, Hispanic, or other, who doesn't meet the dress code, and let in anyone who meets the dress code and is not obviously disruptive (belligerent, drunk, etc). Be very clear with bouncers that it's not OK to apply such dress codes differently based on someone's race.
I'm sorry, but if a patron is going to leave because a black person is going to come in, they aren't a customer worth having. If they're worried about the customers just going to another club, they should get together with the other clubs and agree to universally adopt a "no racist bouncer" rule, spelling out what kinds of rules and dress codes are acceptable and what kind are not.
- antihero 13y agoThis is a free market issue that would be solved with regulation - in their eyes, keeping out black people gives the club a higher chance of success. In order for one club to stop being racist, all of them have to so white patrons just have to deal with being around (shock horror) black people. It just takes one to waive from this policy, and there isn't a huge amount of motivation to stick to it. So, govm't has to stick it's nose in and make sure bouncers aren't being racist (fairly easy, just send sober black people in who are 100% conforming to the dress code and see if they get refused), and fine them massively if they are guilty, thus de-incentivising racism. Eventually, patrons will grow up and get used to the "scary" blacks and score one for equality.