Is Separate But Equal Okay at the Party?

As a black person, do you ever get the feeling that you may have walked into a place where you’re not welcome? 

Aren’t there times when you just wished they had put a sign on the door so you could have avoided the place from the beginning?

Of course, that would never happen in a post racial United States, but sometimes it could alleviate a lot of confusion.

Suit claims McFadden's bar didn't want black patrons is a recent article from the Philadelphia Daily News where it’s alleged that the club owners changed there mind about having a well attended ‘black night’ on one of their otherwise slow weeknights.

Now things are going to get all messy with a lot of racial finger pointing when it could have been avoided had McFadden’s just left well enough alone. 

I recall my early clubbing days at the old Adams Mark Hotel on City Ave in Philly. Friday was a real popular afterwork scene for us young black professionals but when it got too popular, the music would change with no prior notice. The club would be empty for a couple months until word would spread that they brought the party back. And than, a couple months later, here comes country or rock music again.

I think that if a club wants to maintain a certain crowd, just say so. Folks will find somewhere else to go. But when you let a different crowd in, allow it to get popular, and pull the rug from under them, it doesn’t look good.  

Ask Harrah’s. They did the same thing with Thursday night Karaoke at the End Zone.