It’s basic segregation – although it’s not applied by law as it once was – it is still practiced via people’s actions. That is why there are so many all-black neighborhoods and all-white (for the most part) neighborhoods and not that many mixed hoods – SCs can be said are a reflection of our current society and its segregation practices/habits although it may not be of the overt form.
Just as the phenomenon of “white flight†has occurred in many US cities (e.g. Detroit) over the decades; same can happen with SCs (and has happened to a few SCs I know off myself).
I’m a white Hispanic guy but I’m mostly into black women (don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before on TUSCL :)). I go to mostly all-black clubs b/c that is where “coincidentally†I find the most black dancers :) – and the type of dancer I like (the thick ones). IME – in mixed and especially upscale clubs – black dancers cannot look “too black†and certainly cannot act “too black†– thus one will often find the more “palatableâ€, for lack of a better word, type of blackness in these clubs (i.e. black chicks that are similar to white chicks in looks and attitude/behavior).
It also has to do as much with class as color. I’ve been to a few upscale black clubs (very very few seem to exist) where the vibe was pretty much the same as an upscale white club. The black custies seemed the successfully employed; educated; well non-gangsta dressed types; etc. - in these types of upscale black clubs, I was kind of the low end customer.