If I could give 0 stars I would. After being at Whiskey Dicks for about 15-20 mins a shorter bouncer, didn't catch his name, approached my husband, who is African American, and asked he remove his beanie. Mind you he was allowed entrance from the bouncer at the door and endured the typical search they do for males with no issues. This was his first time at this establishment, and went so because of our wishes to go dancing, not his type of crowd but he was a trooper and obliged. After being asked to remove the beanie he simply asked why do I have to remove my beanie when almost every other man in here is wear a type of headwear whether it be a baseball cap or a cow boy hat? The bouncer said, I suppose they "missed it at the door" After this comment my husband went and asked a group of bouncers at the door what the requirement for headwear was seeing as how he had asked an abundance of questions upon entry to ensure he was following dress code because the another man in our party had been asked to remove him Dallas Cowboys jersey due to dress code. Which was posted near the counter where they take payment and check identification. Those bouncers also replied "I guess they just missed it" No where on the dress code posting did it say you were not allowed to wear beanies. Nevertheless my husband, instead of arguing his point, elected to leave as to not cause a disturbance.
Obviously upset our group decided to leave and asked for a refund of our door entrance cost. Apparently because we had "been there for a while" Which we hadnt we had only been there maybe 20 mins tops, we had to speak with a manager about getting a refund. Upon speaking with the "manager" An average height light haired man with a T-shirt on we were notified that the headwear policy was to not allowed dorags however beanies were allowed. After his bouncers had already made my husband feel unwelcomed and uncomfortable did he apologize for the "misunderstanding". Apparently his bouncers were under the impression that his beanie was a dorag. The beanie looked no where near what a dorag looks like and the bouncers specifically told my husband to remove his BEANIE on multiple occasions.
After speaking with this manager for a couple minutes he goes on to tell us his reasoning behind not allowing dorags, he explains that he is from "Memphis Tennessee" And in Memphis dorags are a sign that the person wearing it is in a gang. Obviously offended the women explained their issues with his reasoning. Yes they were a bit loud, they were offended, and proceeded to state that we are not in Tennessee we are in New Mexico and that the whole reasoning behind his dorag policy is misguided and frankly comes off a bit prejudice. He proceeded to refuse refund of their entry fee and called these women "asses" Because they rightfully so took offense to his tone and implications that dorags, which to us are simply a headwrap to protect a hairstyle no matter the race, we're offensive. And the fact that his bouncers couldn't tell the difference between a dorag and a beanie upon an African American man's head seemed a little racially motivated. Not to mention the bouncers around us started to threaten law enforcement on us because we were disagreeing with his reasoning. Also during this dispute another set of bouncers were rushing an overly intoxicated man out the door for "causing a disturbance" We witnessed this man purchase multiple drinks within the 20 minutes we were there and they didn't seem to cut him off until after it was too late, when they decided to escort him off the property, no law enforcement threats to the overly intoxicated man. However to a couple of females who were displaying warranted issues with a flawed policy, police are threatened right away.
We walked in a group of happy go lucky friends and walked out reminded that there are still issues with race in this world. Not sure if it is meant to come off that way with their dress code but I do assure you we will never step foot in this establishment again as they made our whole party feel unwelcomed, uneasy and simply embarrassed.
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