Saturday, June 6, 2009

WTFisconsin: Riversplash Racism

While I give Westown massive props for increasing the security at RiverSplash, I take complete offense in the way it was executed. As a white woman, I waltzed right in (actually waved in by security staff on the north end of the festival), despite having my purse ready for the requisite check. The five skanky bar trash white girls in front of me walked in as well. However, every black person in line was stopped and frisked. This ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED ME. Needless to say, I spent all my money at bars tonight and not at any of the Westown booths. I'm thoroughly disappointed and expect a response from the association that put this event on.

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  1. Hopefully people will take notice and put an end to this obvious racial profiling. It'd be great to catch this kind of thing on camera and confront the people who behave this way - and force them to explain why this was happening. Meggy, thanks for speaking up. Continue to do so and maybe things CAN change! I'm proud of you!

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