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Today I have been trying to control my inner rage
eunicelouise658
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I am mixed race, my late father was from Africa and my mum English. I have experienced my fair share of racism but not recently. I am originally from London but now live happily in lovely English rural town close to the Welsh borders. Last night my daughter returned home distraught. She is pale skinned and many people don't realise she has a mixed race mother. She had gone to a club with friends, one she usually avoids but she had trainers on so the nicer clubs were out of bounds. She wanted a quiet night but witnessed a couple who had learning difficulties being ridiculed by another girl clubber. She politely asked this girl to leave them alone and recieved a tirade of racial abuse and had her hair pulled. She did not lash out as she felt the girl was young and ignorant. She reported the whole incident to the security. The girl was taken away but she was brought back and allowed to sit by my daughter moments later. This enraged my daughter who told the girl never to speak to her like that again. The bouncer leapt in and dragged my daughter out and she was thrown out of the club. I feel so angry inside I hated seeing my daughter so hurt. This the first time I have ever been an OP but the unfairness of the situation makes my blood boil
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I think your best bet is to write a letter of complaint to the club management with a copy to your MP and the local press complaining of their endorsement of both harassment of the disabled and racial bigotry.
That's what I would do in a heartbeat. At any rate I certainly wouldn't let it rest. Good luck to you and your daughter.
Like the last poster said, write a letter to the mangement.
What you have to remember in all of this is it sounds like you have a strong & courageous daughter who won't be bullied by the f***wits of this world.
Unfortunately, bouncers can only eveict people if they actually see them being confrontational with other club-goers, not on the basis of heresay. I suspect what happened was that your daughter, in telling the bouncers what had gone on, simply alerted them to a potential problem in the club which they would then keep a close eye on. When the other girl came back, and your daughter gave her a piece of her mind, that was a signal for the bouncers to intervene. If ever there is a fracas in a club, bouncers will always evict the person who looked to have started it (and never both parties as this leads to fights outside the club).