Posted on 04/29/2012 9:56:18 AM PDT by rawhide
A 21-year-old woman has accused the bouncers at her local pub of discrimination after she was banned from dancing on the bar because she was told she was too fat.
ABC News reports Jordan Ramos, a student at the University of Iowa, who describes herself as 'plus-sized', says she was with friends at Union Bar in Iowa City last month when she tried to climb onto the bar.
Miss Ramos says she was told to get back on the floor because she 'was not pretty enough' and was 'obviously pregnant'.
ABC reports the bouncer told Miss Ramos the bar was at capacity during a night out on March 3.
She told the network she waited until a few girls stepped off to make room and tried a second time to stand on the platform - but was stopped again.
Miss Ramos said a friend confronted the manager, but he refused to discuss the matter and asked the women to leave.
'There was only one difference: I am a plus-sized individual,' she told ABC.
'The bouncer said "Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go back to the dance floor where you belong."'
She returned to the bar again on April 14, and was again rejected.
'He said, "You’re not pretty enough and you’re pregnant." I said, "I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that I am not pregnant."
'He then looked at my stomach and said, "You obviously are." They knew I was not pregnant; it was there way of calling me fat without having to actually say it,' she said.
Miss Ramos filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, but officials told her they could not investigate because size discrimination is not illegal.
The incidents, she said, have made her question her worth.
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Now that’s funny!
Whatever happened to the days of...
‘You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind...’
Just wondering.
Not yet, like FAG rights, but it's getting there.
After all... "Fairness" is involved.
No 'fair'!!
Some JERKS get laughs on this thread.
I want laughs, too!!!
I agree everyone needs to be treated with respect. But that went away after she tries to force the issue. That kind of thinking puts unqualified people in the wrong occupations, i.e. liberal mentality. So if ridicule is was it takes, so be it.
I hope you have an extra beagle to replace my seeing-eye dog that just keeled over!
he had a nice sound vocally but knowing lyrics was not his strong point. Somewhere over the Rainbow is a good example. RIP Iz
Maybe so...I will concede that point.
However, it reminds me of times spent on the beautiful islands of Hawaii. AFAIC, he could butcher the lyrics all that he wanted.
Echoing...RIP, Iz.
BTW, “Tiny Bubbles” never did it for me. ;o)
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