Fine Moments in Racism

Generally I avoid any mention of Wash U, but it seems Mother’s in Chicago decided some black students were wearing too baggy of pants:

About 200 Washington University seniors were attending Mother’s Night Club Original bar on Saturday night as part of their class trip to Chicago, sponsored by the Senior Class Council. According to Senior Class President Fernando Cutz, the six black students were told they would not be allowed in because of their failure to comply with the bar’s “baggy jeans” policy. A few white students who had already been admitted then came out to demonstrate that their jeans were more “baggy,” but the black students were still denied admission.

The six students offered to change their clothes, but the bar manager still refused to allow them in. The white students were allowed to return.

The management at Mother’s did not immediately return phone calls from Student Life seeking comment.

The article misses a bit of the story. At least one white student exchanged pants with a black student.  The jeans were then baggier on the white student who was then readmitted.

I do wonder about the choice of such a crappy bar by the students, but tourists…

Mother’s has had numerous complaints about this kind of discrimination in the past, but they don’t seem to care.  The students are a bit naive about how to go after this sort of thing, but also pretty smart.