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'No Negros Allowed' Sign Posted to Segregate a Wisconsin Strip Club

Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:02 AM
Many people lauded the election of Barack Obama as the sign that America was finally post-racial. We had arrived at the completion of Dr. King's dream of a colorblind society where a black man could gawk at a white women's boobs without fear of discrimination at his local strip club. Apparently not: A sign excluding black people from a future [strip club] is enraging some people in a small town. Now, the Wisconsin man who put it up is speaking out. It's a sign generations of people may have never seen. Yet a Clark County business man says it's his right to discriminate. Federal and State law says if the business is open to the public, prohibiting people based on race is illegal. If the man's proposed gentlemen's club was going to be a private club, then an African American historian says he could discriminate. Legalities aside, his is a sign that many say is appalling. "If I've got a problem with you it's going to be on the front of my store," says Mark Prior. Prior posted his 'No Negros Allowed' sign after he says he had some problems with black people in the past and needed to make a policy against them. "I'm going to stick to my guns because I think I have the right as a business owner to reject service to anyone. It's not all the black people there are just a few bad ones," Prior says of his problems in the past. Prior wants to open a gentlemen's club in a building next to the Abbotsford city hall and library. He says he moved his sign inside after someone with the city asked him to remove it. People in Abbotsford say it's a sign they don't welcome in their town. But, Prior says it's his right as an American and as a business owner to decide who's welcome; a right he says he'll take all the way to court if he has to. "That's the policy. I'm going to stick to my guns," Prior says. ... He also said it's not just black people he's going to ban from his future establishment. He says he has a problem with certain white people as well, but he couldn't just put a lengthy list of names on his building so he felt 'No Negros Allowed' was the best policy. [view link]

36 comments

  • MisterGuy
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    14 years ago
    There's more to that story though: "Never mind the fact that Prior's sign ('No Negro's Allowed') is grammatically incorrect to comically epic proportions. Never mind the fact that businesses which discriminate against patrons on the basis of color are in direct violation of the Civil Rights Act Of 1964. Never mind how silly it is for Prior to state that he's not racist because he doesn't want unruly whites at his club either, but didn't have enough poster board to write a sign prohibiting them from entry specifically by name. Nope, never mind any of that. You know what really jumped out at me about this sad story? Who in the heck thinks it's a good idea to build a strip club next to the public library?!? That's just bad for business. Stay classy, Wisconsin. Personally, I (as usual) blame the Tea Party. When then-Senate candidate Rand Paul stated his disdain for the federal government forcing the Civil Rights Act on states, I knew we as a country were headed down a steep slope towards utter stupidity. The fact that few in the GOP admonished Paul for such a statement was glaring. The fact that Kentuckians just sent Paul to the U.S. Senate for the next 6 years, by a wide margin over his competitor, is even more glaring. I'm willing to bet Mr. Prior stole a page from this playbook, all in the name of advancing his narrow minded agenda of, well, personally I have no idea what his agenda is. In a town this small (population: 1,956), I can't imagine that its 0.15% African American population is causing so much ruckus that he felt the need to systematically disenfranchise brothers from makin' it rain on them pros. Even if this were legal, it would probably just be a stupid business move either way. It's time for people to learn that in America, in addition to freedoms we have laws in place to prevent African Americans from discrimination in the business arena -- as workers or as customers. 'Freedom' does not mean 'freedom to discriminate.' Then again, maybe Prior just wanted to make a statement. And thanks to the aforementioned Civil Rights Act, the Federal Government will make a statement of its own that I'm sure Prior won't like. Grand Opening. Grand Closing." Amen to that...
  • inno123
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    14 years ago
    The guy clearly does not have a clue about the 1964 Civil Rights Act and I would not be surprized if Wisconsin haas a parallel law of their own. And the law was tested many times when it was first passed so he isn't going to get an inch in court. Beyond that it is just so colossally stupid. Not only is he scaring off the obvious group of potential black customers but he is also scaring off a good chunk of his white patrons who would feel unwilling to support a business with such loathsome policies.
  • txtittyfan
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    14 years ago
    Hey, maybe now they will recognize all ethnicities during the Black Music Awards.
  • harrydave
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    14 years ago
    A "future" strip club? In little Abbotsford, Wisconsin, population 1,956? That's a 44 minute drive from Wausau, population 38,000? This guy is both a bigot and a "future" broke business owner.
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    ttf, Right over most heads!
  • SuperDude
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    14 years ago
    Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S., a unanamous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, found the public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act constitutional. In 1964 Barry Goldwater scared Black voters away from the Republican Party by opposing that same section as unconstitutional, a view later rejected by the Supreme Court. This bigot's conduct is merely the tip of the iceberg of the racial backlash against President Obama since he was elected. And no one really wants to discuss it. But really, who, in that small town, would go through the steps of demanding service, getting refused and filing a test case. After all, he would face public exposure as a SC patron. In the book, "When Pride Mattered," the biography of Vince Lombardi by David Maraness, the author describes a meeting Lomabardi had with the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce. Some restaurants were refusing to serve Black players from the Green Bay Packers. Lombardi reminded the Chamber that under his rules all players were required to wear a tie and the Packers sport court in town, conduct themselves as gentlemen and show respect for the townspeople. He went on to warn them, if he heard any more complaints about Black players being refused service, he would declare the entire town of Green Bay "off limits" for his players. The restaurants were publicly integrated for breakfast the next morning.
  • vincemichaels
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    14 years ago
    Right on Vince!! Power to the people, power to the people, right on!!
  • CTQWERTY
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    14 years ago
    Anyone interested in value for their money should boycott Wisconsin strip clubs. They're just not that good.
  • sinclair
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    14 years ago
    You don't need the signs. In any large metro area, you will find clubs that are "black clubs" with mostly black clientele and dancers and "white clubs" with mostly white clientele and dancers. However, it is usually not a big deal if a few whites pop into the black club or a few blacks stop by a predominantly white clue; there are some exceptions. In Houston, there is a Hispanic club called Michael's International. 90% of the music is in Spanish and most of the dancers and custies can't speak English.
  • sinclair
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    14 years ago
    You will find many white guys don't like seeing a black guy with a white girl. You will find many black guys infuriated when seeing a white guy with a sister. I know alot of you don't like hearing it, but that is just how it is. Preservation of your own kind.
  • Dudester
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    14 years ago
    If Mark Prior really wanted to better clientele-he should engage in the age old axiom of "It takes money to make money". 1) First, hire the type of Security it would take to enforce a strict dress code: A) Button down shirts with collars required-no button down shirt-Goodbye. He could sell or rent out the shirts in the lobby. B) Dress slacks only. No shorts or blue jeans. C) Metal detector in lobby 2) Dancer standards A) No drugs allowed B) Dancers aren't allowed to drink alcoholic drinks (faux drinks only, Shirley Temple, Virgin Bloody Mary, etc.) C) No grossly overweight dancers. No dancers over 45. 3) Let the dancers know that the club cares about them-free gym memberships for dancers that work 40 hours a week. Security cameras in critical areas and dancers walked to cars by Security.
  • gatorfan
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    14 years ago
    Stupid people to the left. Egocentric assholes to the right.
  • inno123
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    14 years ago
    Superdude: "But really, who, in that small town, would go through the steps of demanding service, getting refused and filing a test case. After all, he would face public exposure as a SC patron" Not really, there would be no shortage of men willing to test this guy in court and the ACLU and/or NAACP would gladly bear the legal costs just to make a point of this kind of behavior being illegal. And I think there would be no trouble getting a jury to slap maximum damages on the case too.
  • RapturousOne
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    14 years ago
    Many strip clubs require a membership fee, so I'm guessing he could maintain his policy that way. I agree that putting a sign out would turn off many whites
  • RapturousOne
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    14 years ago
    Mr Soetoro has been the most racially divisive president in memory. Examples: -The police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "acted stupidly" in arresting the Harvard Huckster. -Barry recently signed the “Financial Reform Bill” into law, which is replete with “Fair Employment Tests,” or de facto race quotas in hiring. -Under Obamacare, medical schools will be denied federal research funding, unless they take in large quotas of less-than-qualified Blacks to become our doctors of the future. B.O.'s racist anti-American views were crystallized by his father figure Frank Marshall Davis, a hard core Communist Party member and hater of America and Christianity.
  • uscue13
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    14 years ago
    Oh raputurousone, stick to the topics at hand: naked titties in Wisconsin and the people that can or can't see them. Bring up the unrelated political ideologies on another website. There's no greater buzzkill on a strip club forum than someone wanting to spread their thoughts about President's and Senators in an unrelated manner
  • vincemichaels
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    14 years ago
    LOL, gatorfan, that leaves plenty of room for us TUSCL guys and gals to get into the club and see if he has any hot ones. Of course with that racially divisive sign, on his building as harrydave notes, he may not last long. And as CTQWERTY notes, why bother?
  • RapturousOne
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    14 years ago
    uscue13, why didn't you admonish the author of this nugget: ".....is merely the tip of the iceberg of the racial backlash against President Obama since he was elected. And no one really wants to discuss it" He says no one really wants to discuss race and Obama. I have absolutely no problem discussing obama's racist views.
  • MisterGuy
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    14 years ago
    "Hey, maybe now they will recognize all ethnicities during the Black Music Awards." LOL...too bad that there's nothing called "Black Music Awards"...ugh... --------------------- Ignore the Internet Trolls...
  • Prim0
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    14 years ago
    Someone please quote Rodney King!!!
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    Anyone with an open mind should read a book entitled "Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism" by Dr. Stanley Kurtz. You will find a well researched and documented book as to how the president became what he is today, a Socialist. Those that ridicule those of us that understand this, well, as the old saying goes, "Ignorace is bliss." uscue, I beg to differ with you. I believe that government policy and laws are VERY related to our hobby!
  • txtittyfan
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    14 years ago
    And Mr Guy is a very blissful individual. Not only are there Black Music Awards, but there are also Black Entertainment Awards. I view this board as similar to a group of individuals sitting at a table in a strip club. Topics of discussion may start with SC related topics. The discussions will tend to be varied and take a course of their own. If one is so wrapped up in the SC culture that they can not discuss other topics, they really need to get a life.
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    ttf, Well said! But I must disagree. Whenever I am in a club, we NEVER talk football, other sports, politics, family, life or anything that isn't about our SC environment! :)
  • MisterGuy
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    14 years ago
    "Anyone with an open mind should read a book entitled 'Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism' by Dr. Stanley Kurtz" ...who's straight out of the loony far Right-wing. "You will find a well researched and documented book as to how the president became what he is today, a Socialist" ...in your wildest dreams that is...lol... Still waiting for Obama is nationalize the banking system...not... All Kurtz attempts to do is "connect the dots" among the various groups & individuals that Obama had some, though often very little, contact with during his rise to political power, or he just makes stuff up. Like with the Midwest Academy, with which Obama had no direct link to. It's just a bunch of Red Herring nonsense that literally went out of style many decades ago. I do thoroughly agree though that you are one of the kings of ignorance on this board clubber...as you've shown here time & time again...ugh... ------------------------- "Not only are there Black Music Awards, but there are also Black Entertainment Awards." LOL...once again moron, there is no such thing as the "Black Music Awards". As for the "Black Entertainment Awards", those would be the Black Entertainment Television (or BET) Awards, for which that ever popular & talented "black man" Justin Bieber was recently nominated this past year: [view link] Selena Gomez (another "strong black woman" I guess) was also nominated this year for a BET Award. Eminem, Justin Timberlake, and Robin Thicke have all been nominated in previous years as well. Run along now...
  • how
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    14 years ago
    1. The race of our president has no bearing on the idiocy of any punk like that Wisconsin SC owner that posted the sign. 2. "Conservatives" seek to empower all Americans of any race; "liberals" seek to engender greater dependence on the central government, particularly and most cynically among minority ethnic groups in this great Nation. Greater liberty and freedom for all. Stop dividing people by race. That's what would be worth pursuing, America.
  • deogol
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    14 years ago
    All one needs to do is play 80's glam hair bands to keep black folk out of a place. To many black folk showing up, out comes the Ratt and Motley Crue songs. Black folk just LOVE "Smoking in the boys room."
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    YAWN! How I've missed that, NOT!
  • Dougster
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    14 years ago
    MisterGay: "LOL...too bad that there's nothing called 'Black Music Awards'...ugh... " I guess they never taught MisterGay how to use google in Special Ed. Either that or he missed the short bus that day. MisterGay: "Ignore the Internet Trolls..." You are one the biggest, but weakest internet trolls there is. MISTERGAY LOSES AGAIN!
  • RapturousOne
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    14 years ago
    One of the reasons I'm an ex-clubber is the crack music they play
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    For those that can handle the truth, read the review of the book I mentioned above by Stephen Diamond, another radical buddy of obama's!!! It can be seen at the link: [view link] You will notice the part that mg plagiarized to make it seem he is somewhat intelligent. Doesn't work when most know differently! One thing holds true, he is ALWAYS worth a YAWN!
  • MisterGuy
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    14 years ago
    "'Conservatives' seek to empower all Americans of any race" ...which is why they run racially-motivated campaigns...ugh... ------------------------ Stephen Diamond is no "buddy" of Obama...lol... Run along for your nap now clubber...
  • Clubber
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    14 years ago
    YAWN!!
  • potheadpl
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    14 years ago
    The guy who is opening the club is going abou things the wrong way. All he has to do is limit the playlist to country music and metal.
  • vincemichaels
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    14 years ago
    Welcome back, potheadpl !!
  • samsung1
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    14 years ago
    I second VM, welcome back potheadpl!
  • potheadpl
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    14 years ago
    Thanks guys. Evil Potheadpl is going to be romping for a while!
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