Posted on 07/12/2021 9:55:40 AM PDT by Cecily
NBA legend Dominique Wilkins has opened up for the first time about the shocking moment he was turned away from an upscale Atlanta restaurant because of the color of his skin.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com the Hall of Famer, nine-time NBA All-Star and Atlanta Hawks Vice President told how he felt the sting of discrimination as the host of Le Bilboquet looked him up and down then refused to seat him on the grounds that they were trying to 'keep a level of elegance.'
He said, 'I've never got turned down by a single restaurant in my life until this new restaurant. I've been to all the top restaurants in the city – that's better food – and they've never turned me down.'
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I wonder how he was dressed?
Matching hoodie and sweat pants?
He’s a lying SOS.
He didn’t meet the dress code. So now he’s playing the race card.
Sweats when the restaurant had a dress code.
He was reported to have worn “designer” sports attire or something along those lines, which the restaurant was seen to allow others to wear.
Its the job of everyone, everywhere, to always make black people feel good about themselves.
I had the same thig happen to me in a Ethan Allan furniture store. So what? Get over it.
Must have been how he was dressed. Really doubt it had to do with race considering Atlanta is 80%+ black.
Agreed. I suspect the refusal to seat him and his party had far more to do with attire than skin color. Hey, I’ve been given a tie to wear “so I wouldn’t feel out of place” in an establishment in NYC. Not racism, as 20-something geek I just didn’t anticipate the host of our business meeting suggesting that kind of place.
Upset because he thought he didn’t need a reservation?
He thought he could get an immediate seating with no reservation.
is this a whites only restaurant
any black patrons served?
“No Chicken McNuggets? What type of a place is this? Okay, I’ll take a double Whopper.”
I’m assuming this was some sort of dress code violation (”he looked him up and down”), and not a racial thing, which probably would have been illegal. Many years ago, I was asked to leave a hoity-toity bar because I was wearing a hat, which I was told violated their dress code. I think they associated the wearing of hats indoors with gang culture or pimping.
this sounds more like a “do you know who i am?” situation
Nope! He was turned away because he was wearing essentially warm-up jersey & pants with athletic shoes.
“Yo, do you know who I am?”
Guess not all UGA Athletes can be as classy as Herschel Walker.
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