Night Club Settles After Wash U. Students Accused It Of Racism

I found this story on fox2news.com.
This story happened in St. Louis, MO, with 6 African Americans, and a night club called Mother's. There were 6 African Americans, who attend Washington University, who went to a night club and weren't allowed in because their pants were too baggy. Ten days after the night club was accused of racism, the club made a settlement with the 6 men. The article said, "The Original Mother's bar has agreed to make public and private apologies, participate in training programs for management and participate in an anti-discrimination rally to be held in Chicago next month." The night club/bar will also help these students with four fundraisers for charities which are not yet determined. Regis Murayi, the class treasurer, helped organize their night out. The article says Murayi traded jeans with a white kid and still was not allowed into the bar, even though the white kids pants were tighter than his baggy jeans he had on. The college seniors say they didn't have any intentions to gain anything financial, but they only want to "raise awareness that racial issues are still prevalent in the community." The students say, "since they've secured legal councel, if any of their demands are not met, they will review their options and then consider a lawsuit."

My first reaction to this story, was, guys do wear their jeans really low. And a lot of people do not want to see it.

As far as Murayi changing into a white kids jeans and still not getting into the club, well then I would have to say the club is probably being racist. I'm just really surpised to see that the 6 students didn't want more than 4 fundraisers for charities. Just by that action itself, I'd say these kids probably really were being picked on because they were African American. Because if this were a plan they had, just to get money, then that's what they would have done. I think this night club or bar, whatever it is, should be evaluated, and made sure that they do something to make this up. There is no reason for these college students to have trouble getting into this club, unless they have previously caused problems there. Maybe the guy at the door of this club had something against the guys, or maybe it’s not the club itself, but maybe it's the guy at the door who is racist. There are lots of people out there how are racist and they need to get over it. I’m not racist, I’ve had friends who were black, and I hate to see others being racist.

I wish people would just get over the racist situations. There are no more slaves anywhere, so there's no reason for this night club to not allow blacks into their club. If this club is going to be racist, then it should probably be shut down, because I'm sure there are just as many African American customers as there are White customers. I wish everyone could just get along.