2021
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12780
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Exploring the Use of Exclusionary Practices Against African American Participation in Urban Nightlife

Abstract: Drawing on qualitative data from an exploratory study of the experiences of audit pair researchers-pairs of black, white, and Latinx field testers-in an urban nightlife study in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas, this paper examines nightclub owners' use of what I identify as "exclusionary tools"-that is, "dress codes," "steering," and "fake guest lists." Using Critical Race Theory's critique of neutrality, I argue that these exclusionary tactics create a welcoming atmosphere for white patrons while maintaini… Show more

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“…In both examples, Black men were asked to prove that they belonged in ticketed spaces in ways that White patrons were not. Here tickets and ticket verification policies were used as “colorblind” tools to remind Calvin and Marshall of their “place” in these white spaces (Anderson 2022; May 2022). That is, they were used to do race (Moya and Markus 2010).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…In both examples, Black men were asked to prove that they belonged in ticketed spaces in ways that White patrons were not. Here tickets and ticket verification policies were used as “colorblind” tools to remind Calvin and Marshall of their “place” in these white spaces (Anderson 2022; May 2022). That is, they were used to do race (Moya and Markus 2010).…”
Section: Analytic Strategy and Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theme of racialized surveillance was also evident in the many complaints against nightclubs. Here public safety rhetoric informs organizationally mandated dress codes which then become the “colorblind” tools used to do race (May 2022; Moya and Markus 2010). Indeed, the clothing styles that dress codes typically ban often leads to the disproportionate exclusion of Black and Brown men and a simultaneous normalization of whiteness in these spaces (Ossei-Owusu 2021).…”
Section: Analytic Strategy and Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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