Monday, October 19, 2009

Author to NYC Club: You're Raaaaacist, Give Me a Billion Dollars

More joy and harmony here in post-racial America.
It was supposed to be a big night for top urban fiction author Teri Woods, who had invited 175 people to party at a trendy SoHo nightclub to celebrate her new book.

But Woods ended up in tears when she found almost her entire guestlist being kept outside Greenhouse's notorious velvet rope.

Now a $1 billion class-action suit says the partygoers were denied entry because they were black.

"They should have just put up a sign that said, 'No Coloreds Allowed,'" fumed Kashan Robinson, 39, of the Bronx, one of the plaintiffs. "There was no reason for them to not allow us into that club, except for the color of our skin."

Club owner Barry Mullineaux declined to discuss what had happened to Woods' party beyond calling charges of racism "all pretty much bogus."

Woods has text messages she says he sent that night showing he was barring people based on appearance. "Everybody looking at me like this ur people Barry???" read a text message. "I couldn't let in 300lb girls."

Asked if he remembered sending the messages, Mullineaux said, "Not word for word."
Velvet ropes, obviously, are raaaaacist!

I'm not quite sure what planet this Woods has been living on, but if she's ever been to a trendy Manhattan club, and I'm assuming she has since she was in one that night, she'll understand certain people are often kept outside. And it's not racial. Let's put it delicately: Some of her guests may not be too easy on the eyes. There, I said it.

Also, I have no idea what the capacity of this club is, but it seems if you have 175 guests you should book an entire club for an evening, saving you the shame that some of your invitees didn't get in the door.

Oh, and it also appears looking for a billion dollars might just be aiming a wee bit high here. Just a hunch.

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