Man Kicked Out Of Pub For Sporting Gold Teeth
The theme for today is restaurant exclusion. First, we had Disney banning children from its most expensive restaurant. Now, we've got a story about a man kicked out of Roxy's Pub in West Palm Beach for sporting gold teeth:
A man is filing a discrimination suit against a popular downtown West Palm Beach bar. He claims it's an issue about race and teeth. Shawn Anderson says he was asked to leave Roxy's on Clematis Street Wednesday night because of his gold teeth.Boy, would we love to see a copy of Roxy's dress code. We're wondering what else they ban. And when we think of dress codes, we think of required jackets, or jeans and sneakers prohibited, which are remedied with a quick trip home to change into other clothing. But banning gold teeth? How can someone with grills ever comply with the dress code?
The manager explains, Roxy's dress code bans 'grills' - which are gold teeth covers.
Anderson feels this rule intentionally targets the black community.
He explains, "I think it's discrimination against me because I'm black and a lot of black people have gold teeth now."John Webb, the owner of Roxy’s, tells NewsChannel 5, "No, it's not discrimination. He just didn't comply with the dress code."
Anderson says he plans to file the lawsuit in the coming weeks.
Teeth discrimination downtown? [WPTV]
Roxy's Pub [Official Site]
