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Out of interest, are there any black security guys at the Epicenter?
Yes... and he wouldn't let me in because I had on tennis shoes but let 6 white kids with shorts AND tennis shoes right after that.
Epicenter is borderline racist... I've witnessed them reject well dressed black guys while letting white men with cargo shorts and tennis shoes plenty of times.
However, a black guy with a date gets in without a problem. I can understand not wanting a bunch of guys in a club but it should go both ways. Groups of white guys with torn clothes shouldn't get in while well dressed guys get turned away.
It makes for an unpleasant evening when you have friends from out of town and they get to witness that side of Charlotte.
He, he, ha, ha,. Tober where do you buy a paint brush that big? I have a 25 year old son that makes 6 figures in the digital music industry in NYC that goes to his office with his hat on backwards. Applied to NYU as his only choice for college. Accepted and went on from there to do what he does wearing his hat on backwards and his brain facing forward.
Ok, it's NYC but like OP said in one of his posts that was attacked "how will CLT ever become a class A city" with the types of attitudes that seem to prevail in this thread? Impossible.
I don't fault you for your statement, but think about the wide stroke you applied here and consider for a moment that the world is just not the Epicenter and perhaps there are a lot of non "idiots" that put their hats on backwards.
Your son is in the music industry so his attire is acceptable...
how much he makes has little to do with proper attire.
He doesn't have a valid point, IMO. From the story I have heard, he was on private property and was asked to turn his hat around. He refused. If he thought it was so unfair why did he not simply just leave.
Perhaps the dress code wasn't being enforced uniformly, but that doesn't really matter. # 1, life is not fair and # 2, you are still on private property. If he was so concerned with justice and a boycott he should have just left immediately.
Just my two cents.
that's bull and you know it...
if the dress code isn't enforced uniformly it DOES matter.
if the dress code isn't enforced uniformly it DOES matter.
Not to me it doesn't. I am white (or caucasian if you prefer) and have been barred from entering plenty of places because I didn't meet the dress code. I didn't go around looking to see if others were violating it. I just went elsewhere.
I've also been at places where I have been asked to tuck my shirt in or to curb my boisterousness. Again, I didn't go around pointing out that others may have been louder or didn't have their shirt tucked in. I knew I had three options: 1. Comply, 2. Leave of my volition, 3. Get booted (this was the usual outcome). To me, saying "but you didn't tell the others the same thing" is something you would say to your mother when you are a child.
Yes... and he wouldn't let me in because I had on tennis shoes but let 6 white kids with shorts AND tennis shoes right after that.
Epicenter is borderline racist... I've witnessed them reject well dressed black guys while letting white men with cargo shorts and tennis shoes plenty of times.
However, a black guy with a date gets in without a problem. I can understand not wanting a bunch of guys in a club but it should go both ways. Groups of white guys with torn clothes shouldn't get in while well dressed guys get turned away.
It makes for an unpleasant evening when you have friends from out of town and they get to witness that side of Charlotte.
If this is true do something about it. Document/video tape the encounter.
There are more than enough parties interested in civil rights to take your complaint higher.
If this is true do something about it. Document/video tape the encounter.
There are more than enough parties interested in civil rights to take your complaint higher.
True . . . but most folks are not interested in making a federal case out of a dress code, lol. Most are just gonna move on to the next venue (wh/ means a loss of revenue to said establishment).
We have become too litigious as a society . . . and too quick to file a complaint. I think some folks are complaint opportunists, lol.
Your son is in the music industry so his attire is acceptable...
how much he makes has little to do with proper attire.
Right and
wrong. My post was in response to a friend of mine that said "all ppl. that wear hats backwards are idiots". Hence my response and substantiation of his education and financial package.
True . . . but most folks are not interested in making a federal case out of a dress code, lol. Most are just gonna move on to the next venue (wh/ means a loss of revenue to said establishment).
We have become too litigious as a society . . . and too quick to file a complaint. I think some folks are complaint opportunists, lol.
Agreed. At one time civil rights meant the right to not be someone else's property. Now people use the term to suggest they should be allowed to wear their hat any way they want.
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