Posted on 08/18/2018 12:23:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The only reason he had to give was, 'it's my bar and I decide what music is played'.
The location is Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia is the site of Riverbanks Zoo, a really nice place, and some cool historic cemeteries.
In the end, they close.
Just play Country and Western music only. That should send them scurrying for the exits.
Maybe the neighborhood changed? Sounds like the guy is shooting himeself in the foot so-to-speak. Didn’t complain about the amount of business or profit, just the the skin color of his customers. Stupid. And if he didn’t like the music, since he owned the place, why not change it? Anyway, the idiot will deservedly be out of business before the end of the summer. Good riddance.
Me too
A non story, one of the black employees was asked back and refused. Moving on.
To be fair to Mr. Shmanske (the owner), the only source for his alleged remarks is a now-former employee. There may be a grudge involved.
That said, the whole thing does seem like an ill-judged business move.
I have no idea about the neighborhood, myself. The zoo and the cemetery (and road construction, gah) exhaust my experience of Columbia. I posted mainly to save others the trouble of figuring out where the events occurred.
I no longer listen to Country and Western but did when I was young but your remark is Racist and wrong!
That may be the issue.
The owner may have not clearly set the rules about which music should be emphasized. He could have asked for a general mix of pop music.
The black manager may have used his own discretion to play more hip hop because that's what HE liked.
Face facts. Hip hop will attract a specific clientèle just as country & western or heavy metal would.
If the manager was stressing hip hop and the clientèle changed dramatically I can see how the owner may take issue.
If that's the case the owner should have made it clear what music he wanted played in his bar. He didn't have to give any other reason than to say it's his bar.
The manager was white. It says so in the article.
Country and Western are the only two kinds of music anyway.
What kind of music do you usually have here?
Yes, you're correct. That slipped by me.
Sorry for my confusion.
I haven’t been to Five Points since last century. With the frequency it’s been in the news lately, I’d say things have changed
Modern journalism is difficult.
Dress code ban on solid-colored shirts?
Columbia is where you get sent when you’ve been bad but Hell is full.
Columbia was where people from Charleston went for better weather and healthier conditions. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
A bar gets shut down when it becomes a problem for the police. There was a bar next to UNC-Greensboro that started to have some trouble. So they started adding Beach Music Night and Country Night.
We had a hip-hop club here and it got shut down quickly. Too many brawls and shootings. And we are a small town in the Appalachian hills.
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