—>Six black college students on a senior trip to Chicago say they were refused entry into Chicago's Original Mother's bar while 200 of their white classmates got in without a problem, CNN reports.

Club management told the students they were just enforcing a dress code, not allowing those with baggy jeans to enter, but a white and black student switched clothes and the black student still couldn't get in.

The CNN story says:

Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to express his "most intense disappointment" about the incident. In the letter — a copy of which was provided to CNN by Cutz — Wrighton told the mayor that he "can only imagine the humiliation and discouragement these six young students felt ... when they were turned away from this establishment because of their race."

Students also contacted the Anti-Defamation League and the Chicago Urban League. The two organizations jointly sent a letter to the bar, writing that they "strongly suggest that Mother's re-examine its dress code, conduct immediate retraining of all employees to avoid any future racial discrimination or appearance thereof, and issue a formal letter of apology to the six students who were denied entry."

If you've got any racist bouncer/bar owner tales, please share.

Students: Chicago nightclub barred blacks [CNN]
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