It’s only been a month since DSTRKT, a London nightclub big with celebrities, allegedly took discriminatory door policy to an extreme by refusing to allow a group of black women in because they were “too dark” and “overweight”. Now another UK club may be toying with racial entry requirements.

Jess Gregory was out with her friends as part of a birthday night out in Birmingham when they were apparently refused entry to bar and club BAMBU for being too black. The 11-strong group, consisting of both black and biracial women, were reportedly denied entry on the basis that there were already too many black people. Gregory posted about the incident on Facebook:

“A security guard explained they do not allow groups of black people (we were a mixture of black & mixed girls). He explained the club simply won’t let us in because of the colour of our skin and there being 11 of us would mean too 'many' black people,” Gregory explained in the post.

“I have never felt so embarrassed and ashamed. We were looked down on (literally - the door 'host' looked us each up and down over the barrier and then said 'how many of 'you lot' are there'. She was rude. Unbelievably and after being shunned out of the queue another group of 3 black girls and a black guy were then told they were 'not on the guest list' either.”

This is the same BAMBU bar that had to publically apologise for a similar incident but with regards to staffing. One black jobhunter messaged the bar on Facebook in September this year asking if any part time jobs were available. A member of staff using the account replied saying, “Yes but we need less Afro Caribbean Staff”. 

Seems as though this is a club in need of an overhaul.

People have been sharing Gregory’s story on Facebook and the club have issued a tweet denying allegations.

No one should have to check ahead to see if their selected club or bar has cases of bias against people for their sexuality, skin or size. It makes safe space club nights all the more important if there’s any truth behind these allegations.