I was out a nightclub this weekend and as I walked in, I heard some men arguing at the door. The bouncer was telling these men that their clothes were "too baggy". This sounded odd to me - their clothes were loose fitting - but in the style that is common for men, not ridiculously so. I was confused. And then I saw the enraged look in one man's eyes that he couldn't get in and I got it like a smack in the face. It wasn't because their clothes were baggy, it was because they were black. I couldn't believe it.
There is this scene in Knocked Up where the women are trying to get in an exclusive nightclub and the bouncer won't let them in because, "You old, she pregnant. Can't have a bunch of old pregnant bitches running around. That's crazy, I'm only allowed to let in five percent black people. He said that, that means if there's 25 people here I get to let in one and a quarter black people. So I gotta hope there's a black midget in the crowd."
The scene is meant to be funny. I didn't realize this was an actual policy. And I don't know what I can do about it but be angry.
2 comments:
Yeah,racism is an ugly thing. Crazy thing is I was in fact just last year turned away at the door to a club because my clothes were too baggy! "We're trying to uphold a particular image," the door guy had told me. I simply laughed at him and walked down the street to the next club.
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