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Posted by WASSAAB (more from WASSAAB) on Wed, 21 May 2003 09:04:31
In Reply to: Additional Info & thoughts, JasonS, Wed, 21 May 2003 08:52:11
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"The complaints describe that at least 28 Myrtle Beach area restaurants, including the national chains Denny’s, Red Lobster, Damon’s, and the House of Blues, close for many of their regular operating hours over Memorial Day Weekend when the black bikers hold their rally. Describing her visit to Myrtle Beach last year, plaintiff Washica Little said, “It is extraordinary how difficult it is to get a meal in Myrtle Beach during Black Bike Week—restaurant, after restaurant, after restaurant is closed during peak times,” Little adds: “We are in a town built on tourism but when we arrive as tourists during Memorial Day weekend, the town does not want our business, simply because so many of us are black.”
All of the restaurants that close entirely or for substantial periods during Black Bike Week are open during the white bikers’ rally, frequently with signs saying “Welcome Bikers” or “Welcome Hog Members.” One restaurant owner openly declares that he closes during Black Bike Week to avoid serving the black bikers, but that the mostly white Harley Week bikers are good for business. Other restaurants claim coincidental unusual circumstances at their restaurants year after year during Black Bike Week, such as a need to remodel the kitchen or pave the parking lot. Many restaurants simply close with no explanation as soon as the black bikers arrive, even though they are open and welcoming to the hundreds of thousands of white bikers in the area the week before. Complaints have been filed against the restaurants in the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission as class actions on behalf of all persons who sought or attempted to get a meal at one of the restaurants but found the restaurants closed during their normal business hours."
Mike
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: SC Discrimination Suit Filed re: Black Bike Week, WASSAAB, Tue, 20 May 2003 09:08:10
- been there for BBW, chris, Thu, 22 May 2003 11:28:38
- ... reverse stereotype?, JasonS, Wed, 21 May 2003 17:49:54
- Additional Info & thoughts, JasonS, Wed, 21 May 2003 08:52:11
- NY Times Article, WASSAAB, Wed, 21 May 2003 07:14:01
- I was at the press conference..., robs, Tue, 20 May 2003 17:37:29
- Myrtle Beach Bike Week, lowbar, Tue, 20 May 2003 15:19:19
- what about Carlisle are they any different?, Trev, Tue, 20 May 2003 12:55:04
- Been there during both weeks and..., Richard P., Tue, 20 May 2003 11:38:58
- I must be missing something..., JBinMD, Tue, 20 May 2003 11:31:56
- It's the bikes, not the people+, ChrisB, Tue, 20 May 2003 10:55:53
- hmm, maybe no worse activities than Harley week, Aero'ed, Tue, 20 May 2003 10:24:10
- If this is true, phred, Tue, 20 May 2003 10:24:08
- Re: OT: SC Discrimination Suit Filed re: Black Bike Week, JasonS, Tue, 20 May 2003 09:46:06
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