Have you ever been to South Beach, Miami, ready to get your party on, but were not allowed to get into a club?

 

Well, four African-American  women (some with Hispanic ties) claims that they were prevented from stepping inside one of Miami’s hippest night spots. According to their civil rights and criminal law attorney, David Kubiliun, the four women were told they could not enter the Arkadia Lounge (which is located in the popular and infamous Fountainebleau Hotel) because of their race.   A guy claiming to be one of the club promoters, also sent a text message to the ladies in support of their discrimination claims.

 

 

The texts sent by this club promoter, Dudley, will be used as a key peice of evidence if this case goes to court. According to Dudley, this isn’t the first time the club ( and other clubs on South Beach) has discriminated against blacks.  Here’s what he texted one of the girls:

 

“This is south beach a shallow self serving superficial place. They pay me 300 a night to bring attractive women to their establishment and or cats who spend dough. I know what it is going in [on],” Dudley’s texts read. “I’ve always been kind and accommodating to you and you’ve never shown me any appreciation which is fine. I don’t need it this is what I do because I like you I tried to cordially give you a heads up warning cause the only reason they let your girls in last time was because I fought to get em in. Its a double standard @ the fountainbleu. White chics can be ok. Black chics gotta look twice as good and they only cater to a so called urban crowd on thursdays and sundays. Peace and love.”

 

In another text, Dudley claimed he had to fight to get Lopez and a few other Black women into the club, even after rejecting his own family members.

 

“Don’t take this the wrong way but how do they look?,” said Dudley in a series of texts. “One of my cuzns came down with 5 girls from tampa last week and the[y] didn’t let them in because of that bullsh–. Chics that they don’t feel are hot enough or overweight. I’m not saying if they were white they wouldve got in.”

 

If this isn’t blatant discrimination, I don’t know what is!  I myself travel to Miami quite often and have seen first hand how the club promoters “pick and choose” who they want in the club.  The clubs on South Beach are good for doing that.  Dudley is telling the truth.  If the guys at the door don’t feel like you look good enough or look as if you got $$$, then it’s a NO-GO.

 

Check out NBC Miami’s coverage of the issue below:

 

 

 

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