A person of colour was refused entry because “no tickets available.” Bouncers let in a white guy after who was buying tickers at the door. The guy who was refused was asking why and they said no tickets available but he explains what happened. Didn’t watch the rest of the video.
They wouldn’t let me black mate in about 10 years ago because they said he wasn’t wearing a shirt so I went to the smoking area and gave him my shirt and he waltzed right past them. T’was funny.
Is there a particular reason that people are jumping to this being a race thing?
Is there a particular trend of racism from night club bouncers and admission going on?
Or is there a specific issue of Academy staff doing this kind of thing before?
Maybe I’m just being naive here, but bouncers refuse people all the time. Back in the day, it used to be a common enough thing that some people just wouldn’t get it. Wrong shoes, looking underdressed, bouncer just doesn’t like the look of you, whatever…
They never had to give a reason. It was just, Nope. And after they’ve said it, if you start being all balshy and in their face, there isn’t a chance of you getting in.
There’s a video on tiktok. They basically refused one black guy entry saying there were no tickets, but then let a white guy walk in to buy tickets inside. Her tiktok is @nicoleta.nb with the video
I was refused entry there a few months ago didn’t give a reason just not tonight I didn’t really care I’m also white
Bouncers being bouncers.
Impossible to prove, or disprove that it was racially motivated.
Bouncer didnt let an african lad buy tickets to get in. Done a bit of door work years ago. Seen the video and those bouncers are really playing with fire there. 9 grounds of discrimination is something the every security personnel needs to memorise. The fact that they refused this lad entry with no reason given, then let in someone else of a different ethnicity opens yourself up to all kinds of accusations, and rightly so.
In my opinion they didn’t let him in because he was black. It is pretty clear from the video.
I can’t wait to see Academy bouncers going through sensitivity training lmao.
I farted in their packed out smoking area
Academy bouncers are some of the worst I’ve encountered in Dublin. Never had a pleasant experience, always rude and borderline aggro.
They nearly refused me for a gig because I didn’t have ID. I don’t carry ID, I’m 30.
Jacob Banks, who plays there tonight, says he won’t go on if the Academy doesn’t issue a statement
Bouncers in Ireland are on way more of a power trip than they used to be. They can just decide by looking at someone if they want them to enter or not. It’s valid to refuse or remove someone if they are causing trouble, but this blanket power is ridiculous.
Racist or not, there should be some consistent rules around this.
I (40’s F) experienced this with 2 friends recently, in a cocktail bar in Cork. 3 friends, in our 40’s were sitting at a table, chatting, we finished our cocktails, tried to order another round, only to be told “we have decided not to serve you any more alcohol”.
There is no recourse either. Because if you even ask why or get annoyed, that is just further “proof” that you were being a troublemaker in the first place..
This is common in Australia, but I have never experienced anything like that in Ireland before. We weren’t drunk, we weren’t even talking to anyone else… Maybe they thought we were too old and bringing down the vibe of the place? Who knows. No one would get away with that in any other job.
In this case, it is highly likely it was racist, but there is no way to prove anything, as there are no guidelines to refer to as to how bouncers should make these decisions.
I remember about 5 years ago my friends won a free ‘vip’ table and two pitchers and 3 out of 4 of us got in but they refused my one non-white friend because he was ‘too giddy’. They were refusing to let the 3 of us back inside to get our coats from the cloakroom when we went out to ask why he wasn’t being let in. Not sure if the bouncers were being racist or just pricks in generals but its no surprise to me to hear this, the bouncers have always been so micro-aggressive
For everyone arguing about this, if you go on the girls tik tok, she posted another video on it. The Academy haven’t even reached out to her or the guy in the video, but they’re apparently looking into it. I personally don’t see how that’s possible without talking to people involved.
Aren’t bouncers supposed to have body cams these days? Would be interesting enough to watch that
Bouncers in Dublin regularly don’t let people in for no discernable reason at all. Power trip probably. Seems like it’s only natural it will eventually happen to a black person. Doesn’t mean it’s racist when it does.
There was an incident outside on Saturday I think…
I used to work in the academy, and the owner From the north used to come down and tell the staff we are not aloud iced in our drinks because it is for customers.
Can’t remember the amount of times I’ve been refused from clubs in Dublin .. most bouncers are dickheads and love a power trip..but seems if your from Dublin regardless of your colour they had a problem.
Bouncers in Ireland are just on another level of power tripping.
Bouncers should keep distance that get in people’s faces trying to entice them to fight.
Bouncers in general are ehhh not pleasant but I’ve seem countless threads here and other social media forums on this and not once has there been an ounce of proof of anything other than “not tonight mate” which we’ve all had at some stage. It’s head wrecking but it’s not racist
Irish people accept that racism exists in Ireland challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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Thank god for camera phones 🤳
I’ve experienced this firsthand. A good friend is a black man and I’m Irish. I haven’t been refused from anywhere since my teenage years as I’m relatively middle-class sounding and am rarely langers drunk yet when I go out with him we suddenly start running into problems and get stonewalled exactly like this.
For any Limerick people, I won’t name the worst offender but we had our fivers ready to get in and everything.
Polish bouncers.
They’re the most racist nationality in Europe.
As a lad, in the academy on a Saturday, circus event, I went outside and was upset, a girl touched me inappropriately, now if it was the other way round it would be a different story
One of the women bouncers said *is that not a sign she likes ye?*
Went fucking ballistics at her, and if anyone here seen me they would know
Got kicked out, then went back and talked to her when I calmed down and she understood that it wasn’t alright and brought me in to find her, she couldn’t, end of the night my mate was still in there and she found him and started to apologise cause she thought she would get kicked out, and she would have if I found her, because it would have happened to me if I slapped somebody hard in the ass
End of the day, it’s a fucking nightclub, and a Dublin one, bouncers are wankers, and some are okay, every situation is based on the most common outcome which is most likely the right way to deal with it, but I never had a situation of one of my mates or hell anyone POC or otherwise get denied, I’ve only seen one video of the situation and nothing else so I could be wrong, but I don’t see anything wrong with the bouncer as far as I have heard, if there’s any details I’m missing I’d like to know, i would like a reason to hate this club
As a lad who is only 19, and is only experiencing bouncers after Covid it’s a different story to those who experienced them before it, stories differ, experince differ, but agreeable is that *some* bouncers have a power trip and its sad
(Edit) just seen the full video, fuck that bouncer
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A person of colour was refused entry because “no tickets available.” Bouncers let in a white guy after who was buying tickers at the door. The guy who was refused was asking why and they said no tickets available but he explains what happened. Didn’t watch the rest of the video.
They wouldn’t let me black mate in about 10 years ago because they said he wasn’t wearing a shirt so I went to the smoking area and gave him my shirt and he waltzed right past them. T’was funny.
Is there a particular reason that people are jumping to this being a race thing?
Is there a particular trend of racism from night club bouncers and admission going on?
Or is there a specific issue of Academy staff doing this kind of thing before?
Maybe I’m just being naive here, but bouncers refuse people all the time. Back in the day, it used to be a common enough thing that some people just wouldn’t get it. Wrong shoes, looking underdressed, bouncer just doesn’t like the look of you, whatever…
They never had to give a reason. It was just, Nope. And after they’ve said it, if you start being all balshy and in their face, there isn’t a chance of you getting in.
There’s a video on tiktok. They basically refused one black guy entry saying there were no tickets, but then let a white guy walk in to buy tickets inside. Her tiktok is @nicoleta.nb with the video
I was refused entry there a few months ago didn’t give a reason just not tonight I didn’t really care I’m also white
Bouncers being bouncers.
Impossible to prove, or disprove that it was racially motivated.
Bouncer didnt let an african lad buy tickets to get in. Done a bit of door work years ago. Seen the video and those bouncers are really playing with fire there. 9 grounds of discrimination is something the every security personnel needs to memorise. The fact that they refused this lad entry with no reason given, then let in someone else of a different ethnicity opens yourself up to all kinds of accusations, and rightly so.
In my opinion they didn’t let him in because he was black. It is pretty clear from the video.
I can’t wait to see Academy bouncers going through sensitivity training lmao.
I farted in their packed out smoking area
Academy bouncers are some of the worst I’ve encountered in Dublin. Never had a pleasant experience, always rude and borderline aggro.
They nearly refused me for a gig because I didn’t have ID. I don’t carry ID, I’m 30.
Jacob Banks, who plays there tonight, says he won’t go on if the Academy doesn’t issue a statement
https://twitter.com/MrJacobBanks/status/1594630998821593093?t=ogV7A5dzRoaArsVbvsGv1A&s=19
Bouncers acting the bollix as usual.
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Bouncers are cunts most of the time 🤷♂️
I’m not usually one to cry racism, but why wasn’t the bouncer able to give any sort of appropriate answer?
People seem to be clearly ignoring after the lad tells the bouncer to say it the bouncer goes “I don’t need to say it”
Just cause you got rejected before for having too many drinks on you isn’t the same as this case.
Any videos ?
Hey they have issued an updated statement just there [Now](https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOULHxDjO3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Bouncers in Ireland are on way more of a power trip than they used to be. They can just decide by looking at someone if they want them to enter or not. It’s valid to refuse or remove someone if they are causing trouble, but this blanket power is ridiculous.
Racist or not, there should be some consistent rules around this.
I (40’s F) experienced this with 2 friends recently, in a cocktail bar in Cork. 3 friends, in our 40’s were sitting at a table, chatting, we finished our cocktails, tried to order another round, only to be told “we have decided not to serve you any more alcohol”.
There is no recourse either. Because if you even ask why or get annoyed, that is just further “proof” that you were being a troublemaker in the first place..
This is common in Australia, but I have never experienced anything like that in Ireland before. We weren’t drunk, we weren’t even talking to anyone else… Maybe they thought we were too old and bringing down the vibe of the place? Who knows. No one would get away with that in any other job.
In this case, it is highly likely it was racist, but there is no way to prove anything, as there are no guidelines to refer to as to how bouncers should make these decisions.
I remember about 5 years ago my friends won a free ‘vip’ table and two pitchers and 3 out of 4 of us got in but they refused my one non-white friend because he was ‘too giddy’. They were refusing to let the 3 of us back inside to get our coats from the cloakroom when we went out to ask why he wasn’t being let in. Not sure if the bouncers were being racist or just pricks in generals but its no surprise to me to hear this, the bouncers have always been so micro-aggressive
For everyone arguing about this, if you go on the girls tik tok, she posted another video on it. The Academy haven’t even reached out to her or the guy in the video, but they’re apparently looking into it. I personally don’t see how that’s possible without talking to people involved.
Aren’t bouncers supposed to have body cams these days? Would be interesting enough to watch that
Bouncers in Dublin regularly don’t let people in for no discernable reason at all. Power trip probably. Seems like it’s only natural it will eventually happen to a black person. Doesn’t mean it’s racist when it does.
There was an incident outside on Saturday I think…
I used to work in the academy, and the owner From the north used to come down and tell the staff we are not aloud iced in our drinks because it is for customers.
Can’t remember the amount of times I’ve been refused from clubs in Dublin .. most bouncers are dickheads and love a power trip..but seems if your from Dublin regardless of your colour they had a problem.
Bouncers in Ireland are just on another level of power tripping.
Bouncers should keep distance that get in people’s faces trying to entice them to fight.
Bouncers in general are ehhh not pleasant but I’ve seem countless threads here and other social media forums on this and not once has there been an ounce of proof of anything other than “not tonight mate” which we’ve all had at some stage. It’s head wrecking but it’s not racist
Irish people accept that racism exists in Ireland challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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Thank god for camera phones 🤳
I’ve experienced this firsthand. A good friend is a black man and I’m Irish. I haven’t been refused from anywhere since my teenage years as I’m relatively middle-class sounding and am rarely langers drunk yet when I go out with him we suddenly start running into problems and get stonewalled exactly like this.
For any Limerick people, I won’t name the worst offender but we had our fivers ready to get in and everything.
>Anyone know what this is in relation to?
https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/z0mbj7/racist_security_in_dublin_ireland/
this
Most bouncers are big dumb bastards.
Polish bouncers.
They’re the most racist nationality in Europe.
As a lad, in the academy on a Saturday, circus event, I went outside and was upset, a girl touched me inappropriately, now if it was the other way round it would be a different story
One of the women bouncers said *is that not a sign she likes ye?*
Went fucking ballistics at her, and if anyone here seen me they would know
Got kicked out, then went back and talked to her when I calmed down and she understood that it wasn’t alright and brought me in to find her, she couldn’t, end of the night my mate was still in there and she found him and started to apologise cause she thought she would get kicked out, and she would have if I found her, because it would have happened to me if I slapped somebody hard in the ass
End of the day, it’s a fucking nightclub, and a Dublin one, bouncers are wankers, and some are okay, every situation is based on the most common outcome which is most likely the right way to deal with it, but I never had a situation of one of my mates or hell anyone POC or otherwise get denied, I’ve only seen one video of the situation and nothing else so I could be wrong, but I don’t see anything wrong with the bouncer as far as I have heard, if there’s any details I’m missing I’d like to know, i would like a reason to hate this club
As a lad who is only 19, and is only experiencing bouncers after Covid it’s a different story to those who experienced them before it, stories differ, experince differ, but agreeable is that *some* bouncers have a power trip and its sad
(Edit) just seen the full video, fuck that bouncer