Racist Cartagena nightclubs to pay compensation

[Judi Lynn]

Racist Cartagena nightclubs to pay compensation
Friday, 27 May 2011 10:10
Jim Glade

The Constitutional Court ordered two well-known Cartagena nightclubs to pay two women who they denied entry to because of the color of their skin Caracol Radio reported Friday.

Two sisters, Johana and Lena Acosta Romero, filed complaints against the La Carbonera and QKA-YITO night clubs in Cartagena after they were denied entry on December 25, 2004, because the two females are black.

The court's ruling overturns a lower Cartagena court's verdict which denied the two financial compensation for the discrimination.

According to reports, the women went out with their friends to celebrate Christmas in the "Zona Rosa" district of the city. After being denied entry to both clubs, bouncers at the front of each club told them they were denied entry because they were black.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16576-racist-cartagena-nightclubs-to-pay-compensation.html

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