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https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/8xee4a/london-club-drama-door-charge-racism

London nightclub has been accused of charging black women twice as much as white women for entry.

Over the weekend, allegations emerged that Drama, a nightclub at the swanky Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, charged black female patrons 20 (approximately $27) entrance fee while white women paid only 10 ($13) to enter.

The club describes itself on its website as a "new home for the loud and vibrant" and boasts of celebrity guests like Leonardo DiCaprio and A$AP Rocky. Its tagline reads: "Expect the loud. Expect the abnoxious [sic]. Expect drama."

On 10 June, Nadine Marsh-Edwards posted on Twitter: "My daughter went to a club in the west end last night. Black girls got charged 20 entrance feewhite girls 10... London life right now." Her post has since been retweeted 4,671 times.

Marsh-Edwards confirmed in a follow-up tweet that the club in question was Drama. "They need to be reminded that this is London 2018 not Mississippi 1962," she wrote. Broadly has contacted Marsh-Edwards to confirm her account, but did not receive a reply at the time of publication.

But this isn't the first time that Drama's patrons have accused the club of racial discrimination. Some TripAdvisor users have shared similar experiences on the review site. "If you're black, stay away," one black user wrote of his visit with his wife on a Saturday evening in May 2018.

"We made sure we did everything right, we put our names on the guest list, dressed smart, arrived super early 10.30 PM with IDs. There was around six to seven people in front of us when the doors opened at 11 PM who were all allowed in," he wrote. "When we got to the front, bouncer checked our IDs, girl with clip board asked if we were on the guest list... She didn't even ask our names to check on the list, she just said, 'We're full, please step aside.'" The user also claimed that another bouncer said that his white partner was allowed to enter the club.

I love when people tell you it isnt harder to be black in this world...shit like this happens all the time smh
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Who fucking cares!

Guys get charged so much more to enter bars than chicks do.
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