Too Fat and Too Black: London Night club #dstrkt turns away women for those reasons
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I think they look great don't you...?
DSTRKT a nightclub based in West London, that counts celebrities such as Drake and Rihanna as frequenters ,have been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons, four women claimed they were denied entry because they were “too fat” and “too dark”. I think the ladies above are beautiful.
I first saw this story pop up on my twitter feed. Zalika Miller, one of the four girls said that the promoter actually wanted pictures of them before they arrived.
However, when they did arrive at the club, a club employee disappeared into the venue, where they have a video monitor, to verify whether they could be admitted into the club. They were then told that the club had reached capacity , despite other women being allowed in after them.
"The promoter went to the door girl and asked why she wasn’t letting us in and she just said, ‘I don’t think they’re good looking enough’”, Ms Miller said.
She said a DSTRKT promoter said they were declined entry because one of the girls was “too dark” and the other was “overweight”.
Just look at the exchanges with the promoter;
This is disgusting. These clubs are happy to play R & B, Hip Hop and afrobeats (well the popular songs) but have such a discriminatory door policy.
Lets not kid ourselves, this is nothing new. I remember when a group of us were turned away from Boujis (Kensington), or however you spell it. This is despite being on the guest list.
We wernt an all 'black crew' , we had our token blonde, a brunette and even our caramel skin with curly hair. However, as there was at least six black girls in the clique , that was enough for us to tip the scales and be given the boot.
These people told us all sorts, 'club is full'..though people were let in after us...or and that my mates headpiece (headband)was too big... blah. It's clear we were 'too fat and 'too dark'. These are the same stupid clubs that use to let in underage people like Pixie Geldof, I mean she's worth risking your license for.
Luckily for us, our 'token blonde' had a link at Kensington Roof Gardens and we ended up having an amazing night..thanks Jess.
To get into some of these West London club...if you are black woman, you have to be more on the lighter side of the colour spectrum...if your darker, you have to look like Naomi Campbell..basically only allowed in if your occupation is that of a model. Then again how can we blame them , since this is the conventional image of beauty which is plastered all over the media.
I think people have had enough, as since yesterday people have been protesting outside this pathetic club. I mean this is London, the most diverse city in the world. You simply can't get away with crap like this. People should be allowed to go out and spend their money whatever they look like. Do they think Rihanna will stop going there if she sees a black woman who is 'too fat' and 'too dark'...cheeky aren't they ?.
What is even funnier is how people expected Karreuche to have something to say about this. This is the same chick who took back Chris Brown after he snuck out with Rihanna on Christmas day, girl bye. Look at this..
DSTRKT a nightclub based in West London, that counts celebrities such as Drake and Rihanna as frequenters ,have been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons, four women claimed they were denied entry because they were “too fat” and “too dark”. I think the ladies above are beautiful.
I first saw this story pop up on my twitter feed. Zalika Miller, one of the four girls said that the promoter actually wanted pictures of them before they arrived.
However, when they did arrive at the club, a club employee disappeared into the venue, where they have a video monitor, to verify whether they could be admitted into the club. They were then told that the club had reached capacity , despite other women being allowed in after them.
"The promoter went to the door girl and asked why she wasn’t letting us in and she just said, ‘I don’t think they’re good looking enough’”, Ms Miller said.
She said a DSTRKT promoter said they were declined entry because one of the girls was “too dark” and the other was “overweight”.
Just look at the exchanges with the promoter;
This is disgusting. These clubs are happy to play R & B, Hip Hop and afrobeats (well the popular songs) but have such a discriminatory door policy.
Lets not kid ourselves, this is nothing new. I remember when a group of us were turned away from Boujis (Kensington), or however you spell it. This is despite being on the guest list.
We wernt an all 'black crew' , we had our token blonde, a brunette and even our caramel skin with curly hair. However, as there was at least six black girls in the clique , that was enough for us to tip the scales and be given the boot.
These people told us all sorts, 'club is full'..though people were let in after us...or and that my mates headpiece (headband)was too big... blah. It's clear we were 'too fat and 'too dark'. These are the same stupid clubs that use to let in underage people like Pixie Geldof, I mean she's worth risking your license for.
Luckily for us, our 'token blonde' had a link at Kensington Roof Gardens and we ended up having an amazing night..thanks Jess.
To get into some of these West London club...if you are black woman, you have to be more on the lighter side of the colour spectrum...if your darker, you have to look like Naomi Campbell..basically only allowed in if your occupation is that of a model. Then again how can we blame them , since this is the conventional image of beauty which is plastered all over the media.
What is even funnier is how people expected Karreuche to have something to say about this. This is the same chick who took back Chris Brown after he snuck out with Rihanna on Christmas day, girl bye. Look at this..
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