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A little over a year ago, a young gay man named Charlie was allegedly beaten by the bouncers at the Williamsburg bar/venue Union Pool, and it wasn't the first time the bar's employees have been accused of despicable acts. Now another complaint has come out against the bouncers at the establishment; a reader writes in about his friend, "the only black guy there," getting tossed out on Wednesday for seemingly no reason at all. When he mentions the incident to someone, they tell him: "Oh yeah I used to work here I'm not surprised. They're totally racist here, this shit happens all the time." Is it time to start boycotting Union Pool, hipsterati? [Photo cred.]
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There are no black hipsters in Williamsburg? Cuz I see them in Soho all the time.
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...it wasn't the first time the bar's employees have been accused of dispicible acts.
Correct spelling: despicable.
some guy writes this unsubstantiated accusation on a messageboard and you write a story about it?
It's one thing for someone to post an unsubstantiated rumor in the comment section of a blog, it's a whole other thing for a blog to post a story about it. I'd consider legal action if I were a Union Pool owner.
That being said, fuck Union Pool..not for alleged racism, but for being packed with pricks constantly.
this place gets packed with folks gettin' way drunk every night. people do stupid stuff all the time there. employees and customers both. i think some of the security takes the job a little too seriously and with too much gusto. i wasn't in the room that night to see what actually went down and just who was involved, but to throw up a story like this and throwing the term "racist" around is pretty severe. i dunno how "racist" they can be while employing a black bouncer though . . .
This story makes me more likely to hang out at Union Pool.