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Originally Posted by soulchoice
Having lived in those cities(not London, Paris or Am), in reality, clubs in T.O., Mtl or Van do not have the same type of racism at the doors as in this city. There may be the odd club in each city that plays the race card at the door, but in those cities, it is few and far between. Unlike Calgary, where a majority of the major clubs practice racism policies.
I am of both West Indian and Asian descent and assure you that such tactics would not work in T.O, Mtl or Van. It was much more prevelant here. I am not sure bout London, Paris or Amsterdam.
One could argue that it is representative of the owners and not the city, but despite the known and proven racism here at the clubs here in Calgary, people still go and support these establishments. Complaints to he Human rights does little as nothing is ever done, due to the commission having no teeth.
I have been involved in both researching and actively monitoring racism tactics in Calgary with respect to clubs here for years. This includes talking to focus groups(both in Calgary and nationwide), it certainly is more of a problem here than any other Canadian city(funny thing is 2 owners of a certain group which owns establishments are actually of ethnic decent here, which is ironic).
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I am not arguing that this happens to the same degree in all the cities that I listed. I think Calagry is the worst offender by far from my experiences. I was just putting forward the idea that it could happen in any of these major centres. These are all cities that are currently faced with racial tensions that exist outside the club scene. Some I have visited, some I have not.
Saying that Calgary can be likened to the southern United States because of racisim at the door of clubs is fallacious. In fact, I have experienced far more racisim living in Montreal than I have in Calgary.