A lot of BS with a grain of truth. I did not read the article, but know what it says.
Basically, if you dress like a NYC rapper, you do not get in. If you have the "gangsta" look down pat, you do not get in. It is a class thing, not a race thing. If you have class you get in, if you do not, you don't...
Is there discrimination? Yes, I have seen it and experienced it with kids I helped raise.
One little girl was stopped at the door of a hotel in POP many years ago. She was with us, not as a servant but as one of the kids. We raised hell and walked out of there.
However, in Santo Domingo, those bars and night spots are there to make money and turning away people because they are black won't cut it...
Of course, i can be wrong, but like Robert said in another thread with similar content: this embassy bulletin just made Loft all the richer!!
HB