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When she's not bike riding in Brooklyn or hanging with friends, Mo can be found writing news, op-eds and feature stories for HelloBeautiful.com. As a proud black feminist, Mo's writing credits include The Root, For Harriet and The Feminist Wire. She has also frequently appeared on Arise TV as a cultural and political commentator.
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Yet another group of Black women have been turned away from a UK nightclub2 for the color of their skin. A group of 11 friends travelled for over 100 miles from Luton, Bedfordshire to Birmingham for a birthday celebration at Bambu Bar. However, when they arrived, they say that bouncers turned them away because there were already too many Black people in the club.
She looked us up and down and she kept saying no, no you are not on the list,’ said Jess Gregory, the woman who organized the trip, then said I think you need to leave the queue. The manager came out and he said he could not overrule what the woman had said. He pointed to two of the lighter skinned girls who were with us and said they could probably get in.
Then another friend spoke to the doorman who said there was no point in standing in the queue because they didn t let groups of black people in as there would be too many in the club It was appalling we just walked away. We felt offended and it was embarrassing.
I wouldn t want anyone else to go through what we did. This is a huge issue for black people.
Gregory went on to say that businesses such as Bambu should fear the consequences of being racist towards customers, especially in Birmingham, a city that is considered to be relatively diverse.
The club released a statement addressing the incident involving Gregory and her friends saying:
We are aware of the allegations made with regards to a refusal of entry on Saturday gone.
We strenuously deny all accusations made.
Our front of house team is nothing but professional at all times and have been commended on numerous occasions for this by the local licensing team.
As a venue of 500 capacity; we have over 1000 potential customers attempting to gain entry to our popular events and it is inevitable that people will be refused entry.
As a licensed venue we will never discriminate on the basis of age, race or religion.
Bambu was under fire just weeks before, when Leeta Lee, a 24-year-old woman of color was rejected after reaching out to the club through Facebook for employment opportunities. Lee was rightfully shocked when the club responded saying3: Yes but we need less Afro Caribbean Staff.
Lee said to UK s Metro4: I could not believe my eyes. It was blatant racism and clearly discriminatory.
I couldn t believe in this day and age I was being ruled out of a job based on my race.
At the time, Bambu explained that the discriminatory comment was posted by a former employee who still had access to the Facebook page.
It looks like Bambu needs some new management or at least Olivia Pope.
5, Huffington Post6, Metro7]
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1. Assault On Spring Valley High School
Footage of school resource officer Ben Fields assaulting a Black female high school student at Spring Valley high school is sparking outrage from not only the Black community, but anyone with children, common sense or two eyes. Celebs, activists, journalists and more have taken to social media to share their reactions and raise change.
See how these celebs reacted when you keep scrolling.
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2. Jesse Williams
“Ah, the rich tradition of false equivalency continues: Neutralize CERTAIN violence w/ language. An adult lifting a seated child then slamming, dragging, flipping & cuffing her does not a confrontation make.”
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Kerry Washington
“Heart breaking. Ridiculous.”
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4. Star Jones
“Throwing a non-violent, seated kid around a classroom & he gets admin leave?
Let’s get him a burger #DylannRoof #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh”
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5. Cher
“Teen girl in classrm thrown around like rag doll.Every1 on TV saying we can t see what she did b4 video Who gives a flying Fk She s a CHILD”
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6. Marc Lamont Hill
“Dylan Roof murdered 9 ppl in a church.The police not only didn’t hurt him, they bought him Burger King.But a little Black girl gets dragged?”
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Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders
“Welcome to the school-to-prison pipeline! This unjust criminalization of our youth has to end. #AssaultatSpringValleyHigh”
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8. Hillary Clinton
“There is no excuse for violence inside a school.
The #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh is unacceptable schools should be safe places.”
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Presdiental Candidate Martin O’Malley
“As a parent and as a father, I would be ballistic if somebody did that to my daughter. #assaultatspringvalleyhigh”
References
- ^ Monique John, Contributing Writer (hellobeautiful.com)
- ^ have been turned away from a UK nightclub (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ the club responded saying (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
- ^ Metro (metro.co.uk)
- ^ Daily Mail (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
- ^ Metro (metro.co.uk)
- ^ London Club Blames Victims In Public Statement Following Racism Accusations (hellobeautiful.com)
- ^ Omarion Cancels Appearance At London Nightclub After Black Girls Were Denied Entrance For Being Too Dark (hellobeautiful.com)
- ^ Black Women Denied Entry Into Popular London Club For Being Too Dark & Too Fat (newsone.com)
- ^ 9 photos Launch gallery (hellobeautiful.com)
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