Study finds racism in French Quarter bars [View All]

[Onlooker]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but I think it underscores the need to confront the moral shortcomings of the South.

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Head to Bourbon Street any hour of the night or day and you'll find music, booze, strippers and a party atmosphere. If you're black, you run a better than even chance of also finding discrimination, harassment and price gouging.

Those are the findings of a study done for the city in the wake of the death of a black Georgia Southern student who suffocated in a scuffle with white bouncers outside Razzoo Bar and Patio on the famous French Quarter street.

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The study paired black and white men — dubbed mystery shoppers — of the same type, body style, dress and manner, and sent them into 28 Bourbon Street bars within minutes of each other to evaluate the treatment they received.

In 57 percent of the bars the blacks received less favorable treatment than their white counterparts. In 40 percent of the test blacks were charged more for drinks. In 10 percent they were told there was a drink minimum which they would have to buy, while the whites weren't told of any minimum. In 7 percent of the bars, blacks were told they would have to meet a dress code, while the whites, dressed in the same fashion, were not.


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