Quote:So your answer is yes? Business owners should be allowed to deny service to blacks based on the color of their skin? ......Neat.

it should be quite obvious that institutions that choose to segregate their client base also choose to limit their potential income. With those self imposed limits they will also limit growth. Add to that the stigma of being a place of open bigotry, and you have the formula for a business that will not last long.


I didn't say I agree with someone opening a business that used such practices, just that I feel a personally owned business should be allowed to choose the level of client they wish to cater to. And thereby should be allowed limit entry to those clients.


This is allowable for government funded institutions such as black/womens colleges. It is also allowed for private scholarship programs such as UNCF & various beauty pageants for women. Augusta National limited its membership to men only until only recently.


Personally, I think it would be a stupid idea to open a business and hang such signs, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to. It's your business, you can make it fail any way you want to.

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