Posted on 07/08/2014 8:05:20 AM PDT by PoloSec
A Minneapolis night club’s dress code aimed at forcing patrons to dress presentably is being attacked as racist by people who apparently think being black means dressing like a slob.
barlouiednewcode0708According to Minneapolis Fox affiliate KSMP, the nightclub Bar Louie has posted a sign barring customers in “flat bill hats,” “long plain white T-shirts,” “excessively baggy clothing” or sporting “large chains.”
That struck some observers as basically barring blacks.
“If you do not want African-Americans to frequent your establishment, then maybe you should just say that and not just break it down to the dress code,” one man told the station in an interview.
(The dress code sign doesn’t specify that it’s meant to apply to men only, but that’s the likely intent. Women in nightclubs rarely wear “excessively baggy” clothing anyway.)
Resident Michelle Horovitz, a white woman who apparently has a big, white liberal chip on her shoulder, called the dress code “ridiculous.”
“Might as well just say, ‘No black folks allowed,’” she said. “It’s ridiculous.
“Minnesota might be the nicest, healthiest, cleanest state in America, but we have huge issues as far as segregation, racism, systematic oppression — and people want to look the other way,” Horovitz said. “This is not OK, and we’re not going to patronize you if you don’t change your policy.”
Well, Michelle, this being America and all, anyone who doesn’t want to dress in a way that satisfies the club’s code is perfectly free not to patronize Bar Louie. In fact, they’re being specifically asked not to patronize it. So what exactly is the harm here?
And while liberal outlets like the Huffington Post have jumped on the story, according to most of the reaction on Twitter, the club is just asking patrons to dress like adults.
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it ain’t a costume party
Actually Amish and Andalusian cowboys are OK, as their hats are flat brimmed, not flat billed....
I used to DJ at a popular club in Madison WI, back in the late 80s and early 90s. When our clientele would get a little too urban, we just played an extended set of country music and everything would even out.
What? NO ZOOT SUITS allowed?
Exactly. That's the uniform of choice here in Los Angeles for Latino gangsters.
How sad. Of course the last time I flew, I was shocked at how people were dressed. I miss dressing up.
Maybe they do not want stupid looking people in the bar that look like this.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/Vanilla-Ice_Brew-At-The-Zoo_Miami-New-Times_2014.jpg
Flat bill-
No Drill Sergeants or Highway Patrol, or Smokey Bear
What a downer.
“The cutting edge look”
That’s how I dressed in Prep School in the early 60’s! We had to wear coats and ties, but we all really pushed the envelope! Green plaid pants, a jacket that turned from BS Brown to Blue depending on the light, red shirt, wide purple silk tie with lightning bolts, yellow socks. I was a fashion plate,,,, well more of a crime of fashion!
A dress code is perfectly legal. That it’s a back door to discrimination says more about the “dressers” than the club owners.
That struck some observers as basically barring blacks.
So, who's doing the stereotyping now? I guess this is the only clothing "blacks" wear, hmmmmmm?
You totally beat me to it!
As I understand it, a flat bill hat is a baseball style cap with the front bill flat instead of curved. Whereas a flat brimmed hat is one worn by Highway Patrol types etc.
Good grief, many establishments have dress codes like this in order to keep a higher quality, and higher paying, clientele. Most will also say “no timber lands” or “dress to impress”
“Minnesota might be the nicest, healthiest, cleanest state in America, but we have huge issues as far as segregation, racism, systematic oppression — and people want to look the other way,” Horovitz said.
What is she suggesting? lol
Correct. Flat billed baseball cap, preferably with the New Era holographic decal still on the bill. Also the cap front above the bill is typically taller and less formfitted to the head.
Aren’t the critics being very stereotyping by asserting that only blacks dress this way? I see all colors wherning this. I is a thug culture thing, not a black thing. Hispanic and white thugs where this stuff, too.
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