Houston Bar Charges $20 Cover For Blacks, Zero For Whites

Posted by | September 14, 2015 17:00 | Filed under: Andrew Bradford Contributors News Behaving Badly

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It’s Friday evening and you decide to go out for some cocktails with friends, kick back, take it easy, and share some good times. Things are going great until you get to the door of the bar and you’re told the cover charge is $20 for each person. Oh, and you also happen to be black.

Brandon Ball, an attorney in Houston, posted on his Facebook page that he and two of his friends attempted to go into the Gaslamp bar last Friday night and were told of the cover charge. However, they saw white patrons being let into the Gaslamp without paying a dime. Ball wrote this recollection of the event:

Ken, Dan, and I went back and watched from across the street as the guys who were working the front door of The Gaslamp allowed white people to come in one after the other. Every black person who we watched try to go in was told there was a $20 cover or that their attire was not proper. One black guy was told that he could not get in because he had on Polo Boots. Dan spoke to several people who were told there was a $20 cover and they pretty much all said the same thing. It was not just blacks they were charging. It was people of both Asian and Latin descent….READ MORE at LiberalAmerica


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10 responses to Houston Bar Charges $20 Cover For Blacks, Zero For Whites

  1. jybarz September 14th, 2015 at 17:23

    Well, if you’re not white, it will cost you both economically and socially obviously.

  2. Carla Akins September 14th, 2015 at 17:50

    Uh, that’s illegal you jackasses.

    • whatthe46 September 14th, 2015 at 18:08

      stupid and ugly.

    • tracey marie September 14th, 2015 at 18:44

      the place is known for it’s racism ever since they opened.

  3. Larry Schmitt September 14th, 2015 at 18:03

    Once again, the mark of a stupid businessman, when you turn away people who want to give you money. I’m sure the people who got turned away had no trouble finding some place that made them welcome. It’s not like the Gaslamp is the only bar in town.

  4. Chris September 14th, 2015 at 19:23

    Oh, we’re breathlessly waiting for Fox News to cover this.

    • Dammitjim September 14th, 2015 at 21:01

      Yes, lets wait and see what Fox has to say zzzzzzzzzzz.

      • whatthe46 September 14th, 2015 at 21:23

        lets see what SCOTUS has to say!

    • rg9rts September 15th, 2015 at 06:22

      You’re turning blue

  5. rg9rts September 15th, 2015 at 06:17

    Texas…

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