You're black? Buy another bottle or you're not going in

[michigandem58]

A trendy Manhattan nightclub charged black customers a whopping $320 more to get in than white patrons — and barred others from getting in at all, according to a stunning lawsuit.

“It was humiliating,” one of the black customers, Julia Cook, told the Daily News of her treatment at 230 Fifth in the Flatiron District.

She said a bouncer told her that she and her friends were “classless black b------” whom he wouldn’t let inside.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-buy-suit-article-1.1258608#ixzz2KJWE4SUo

[el_bryanto]

1. Boy I wish that were surprising. nt

[annabanana]

2. Remember the tyrant bouncers of the 70's?

They were celebrities on their own.

Your party cred was predicated on which bouncers you could get by.

[leveymg]

3. Tips are always appreciated.

New Yorkers - everyone maximizes their leverage over the rest. Keeps the whole structure standing.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Big old

Bump!@230FifthRooftop is their twitter. Blast them folks! They've done this before.