There is a thread in another board in regards to this:

http://www.majorleague-ent.com/2003guestbook/index.php

Note: No! thats not me who they're talking about!


I don't know, might be bullshit in this case, who knows. but Racism does still exist

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Isn't fluid best known for its hip-hop night anyways? I find it extremely hard to believe that every single black person is rejected from the club. It would just be too bait and troublesome for the club/ promoter to do that.

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Originally posted by Skipper I'm not sure if it is actually illegal. The club is privately owned; the owners can refuse entry to whomever for whatever reason they wish.

It's illegal.. Allowing/dissalowing people purely based on their skin color is illegal in Canada and can be prosecuted.

Speaking of which, there have even been cases where US companies(including Microsoft) were sued because they didn't have enough black people working for them.

Speaking of Racism, do you know that US has recently passed a new bill such that if a person from minority group(black or hispanic) is applying to a law school his entrance average is automatically increased by 20 marks(out of 150).(In other words if you are black or hispanic and you graduated high-school with 70 (out of 150) average, university considers it as a 90(out of 150) average).

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just no one complains about it

if they did..

the human rights tribunal would look into it

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Originally posted by cap Isn't fluid best known for its hip-hop night anyways? I find it extremely hard to believe that every single black person is rejected from the club. It would just be too bait and troublesome for the club/ promoter to do that.

That's right...Fluid has one of the longest going hiphop nights (tuesdays or thursdays???) in Toronto so it wouldn't be a very good business decision for them to cut off a huge fraction of their clientele.

It sounds to me like someone had a bad night at Fluid one night (maybe with a bouncer) and is spreading some unfounded rumours to try to hurt their business.

Without any real facts, I could care less about this rumour... to me you're gossiping and spreading possible untruths based on "word-of-mouth". This bothers me.

I just won't go to Fluid because I've been there and think it sucks anyways.

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Originally posted by Durafei It's illegal.. Allowing/dissalowing people purely based on their skin color is illegal in Canada and can be prosecuted. Speaking of which, there have even been cases where US companies(including Microsoft) were sued because they didn't have enough black people working for them. Speaking of Racism, do you know that US has recently passed a new bill such that if a person from minority group(black or hispanic) is applying to a law school his entrance average is automatically increased by 20 marks(out of 150).(In other words if you are black or hispanic and you graduated high-school with 70 (out of 150) average, university considers it as a 90(out of 150) average).

This kind of thing really, really pisses me off.

Minorities get an advantage because of all the disadvantages they've had throughout history? History that neither them nor I were a part of?

Thank god I won't be applying for law school in the states - but law schools up here DO try to accept a diverse group of students - however, the procedures for doing so are much less formal.

Re the illegality thing - perhaps I am thinking of the states. Private venue owners are allowed much more discretion down there than here - for example, golf courses can refuse a woman from entrance simply because she is a woman. Sexism, racism - same deal.

ok so Tiger Woods walks onto a golf course in Alabama and gets ready to tee up

the white trash comes up to him and says "you can't play here, whites only...but don't worry, not even a driver shot away there is another course that you can play on."

Tiger looks surprised and responds: "but I'm Tiger Woods!"

white trash says: "ok, so maybe for you it would be a 9 iron"

lol

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Originally posted by loconet I thought I'd share this e-mail to contribute on making everyone aware of what is going on. Is this really happening? Have you guys experienced something similar? -----start of e-mail------ This is a true story which happened to a friend of a friend.

This is just an example of an urban legend. This is not true. I learned in a psychology class that when trying to determine if a story is an urban legend, they're are many characteristics to look for. One of the characteristics was when people say they say something like "this happened to a friend of a friend". You never actually know who it happened too but it has a personal touch to it (friend of a friend) that makes it more plausible.

I also agree with TorontoTrance as this is illegal and is subject to the policies of the human rights council and as such would be dealt with accordingly

But then again I'm'not a psychologist so what do I know

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Originally posted by Durafei Speaking of which, there have even been cases where US companies(including Microsoft) were sued because they didn't have enough black people working for them.

That's not racism...that's Socialism...

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Originally posted by loconet I thought I'd share this e-mail to contribute on making everyone aware of what is going on. Is this really happening? Have you guys experienced something similar? -----start of e-mail------ This is a true story which happened to a friend of a friend.

This is just an example of an urban legend. This is not true. I learned in a psychology class that when trying to determine if a story is an urban legend, they're are many characteristics to look for. One of the characteristics was when people say they say something like "this happened to a friend of a friend". You never actually know who it happened too but it has a personal touch to it (friend of a friend) that makes it more plausible.

I also agree with TorontoTrance as this is illegal and is subject to the policies of the human rights council and as such would be dealt with accordingly

But then again I'm'not a psychologist so what do I know

I don't think it's fair to accuse the Fluid Nightclub staff of anything without any concrete evidence. Fluid Nightclub has been around for over a decade and they have a very good repor amongst the clubbing industry.

I sincerely doubt that any one of their staff would say such a comment to anyone. And rumours like this, until the rumour is proven to be fact, can damage a clubs reputation.

This thread is closed until further notice.

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Turns out that there is more fact to this incident. I was told from a very reliable source last night that this did actually take place.

Therefore a healthy discussion should continue.

itikia

re-opened