DO NOT STAY OR GO NEAR THIS HOTEL IF YOU ARE A FOREIGNER, LOOK REMOTELY LIKE ONE, ARE A TRAVELER, ARE YOUNG OR HAVE A YOUNG SON...or have any principles!
Outrageous violation of Civil Rights of young men from Mexico (2 being American Citizens, but look/ speak like Mexicans, one of them a successful NEW YORK Restaurant owner) and the third, my fair-skinned Son, with an accent, who is an Architect, a professional, part owner of 2 restaurants in Mexico City.
On June 19th 2015 the Ink48 Hotel refused assistance to my son visiting New York and his friends. They were being pursued by thugs who had attempted to hold them up, were able to escape, and ran into the Ink48 Hotel asking that the Police be called. The Hotels response was NO, you are to LEAVE, you are not our customer, we don't care. Furthermore, they then refused to take my sons credit card he gave them to get a room, just to be a "guest" and to not be put out with the criminals awaiting outside. The administration refused, referred to them as Mexicans, threw the friends out (obvious Mexicans) and when they realized my fair-skinned, blue-eyed son was also Mexican, the doorman not only tackled and abused my son, he then threw him out to the thugs! My sons life was in danger, he did the right thing getting to a "safe" place and asking for a simple call to police- never occurred to him that he would be then be beaten up and strangled by the Ink48 Hotel doorman, on orders from the reception. Fortunately, the police came in time, although then they too manhandled my son, until they realized he was a victim.
I am an American Citizen, as is my Son, who also is a Mexican, he is a dual citizen. This "hotel" discriminates against people of Mexican National Origin. Aside from not assisting, but rather aggavating a very scary situation, this Hotel is the last place to be should you or your lloved ones run into a similar situation. Assistance would have been automatic from any decent entity or human, yet the discrimination at this Hotel is confounding at this day and age. As per the Department of Justice which prohibits discrimination in public accomodations (Hotels and Restaurants, below) I demand OUR rights as Americans, Mexicans and as people, simply humans. As I almost lost my son, I am pursuing this through the Department of Justice, Social Media, Lawsuit or whatever it takes.
NO HOTEL (nor any other organization) SHOULD REFUSE ASSISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION TO ANYONE.
Please take a stand against this Ink48- Kimpton Hotel organization, let them know it is NOT acceptable to deny assistance because of age, color, race, national origin, or any other bias they may be harboring.
as been discriminated against because of national origin and want to learn more about exercising your legal rights, you should read this brochure.
Read on below on DOJ Civil Rights from the Department of Justice website:
(http://www.justice.gov/crt/legalinfo/natorigin.php)
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is concerned that national origin discrimination may go unreported in the United States because victims of discrimination do not know their legal rights, or may be afraid to complain to the government. To address this problem, the Civil Rights Division has established a National Origin Working Group to help citizens and immigrants better understand and exercise their legal rights. If you think you, or someone you know, has been discriminated against because of national origin and want to learn more about exercising your legal rights, you should read this brochure.
KNOWING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice enforces federal laws that prohibit discrimination in:
Education
Employment
Housing
Lending
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