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Do bouncers at clubs enforce dress codes equally across races?

  • Written by Reuben A. Buford May, Presidential Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University

When videotape surfaced of two men being arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks for loitering, some criticized the store manager, questioning whether she wrongly evaluated the men as criminal because of both their race and the way they were dressed.

While Starbucks managers may be called upon sometimes to evaluate their customers’ appearance,...

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