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White flight from Follies- two dancers's viewpoints

I went to Follies today. Once again very few white dancers. I mentioned I had noticed a changes in the last few months. She said "you mean that there's hardly any white girls left?" I asked why that was so. A friend of hers (both are white dancers) overheard and joined us.

Their take:

1. It starts with the influx if Cuban and South American dancers.

2. These dancers are attracting a different clientele. They told me to look around and it was mostly Hispanic customers.

3. The new clientele are used to Latin clubs where dancers do not take of their bottoms.

4. They see the white and black dancers keeping fully nude and figure they sluts and fair game to be molested.

5. The white dancers especially are being very roughly and disrespectfully manhandled by some of these guys. I guess this as opposed to the respectful way most of us FIV them :-)

6. They were very frank that they tolerate the respectful molesting because it often leads to big VIP money. The clientele the Cubans attract are less likely to VIP.

7. So that means fewer white girls want to work in that atmosphere. One of these girls said that she could handle herself with these guys but many little spinner type girls were simply afraid of what was happening.

8.One girl said those who wanted to keep dancing could not find another place in Atlanta where they could make money by, um, the "methods" they used at Follies.Those without ties to Georgia we moving to other cities.

9. I asked why the just didn't keep their bottoms on with the problem guys. If they see a girl dance nude for a white PL they get really angry and aggressive if they don't do the same for them.

10. I asked if black dancers were having the same issues and they said to a much lesser extent. No explanation as to why.

So FWIW that is the explanation I got from two white dancers today.