Just in case you have not been aware, there was a minor controversey over the holiday weekend.
The manager of Boylan Heights, a bar on "The corner" in Charlottesville, recently said he has instituted a policy requiring patrons show a UVA student ID in order to be admitted to the bar after 11:00 PM.
This created a big back lash. Although "the corner" is very popular with UVA students, it is public property. the locals did not take kindly to the general mangers statements, in particular his comment that he wanted to create a "No Drugs, No thugs" scene.
For context, the UVA student5 body is much whiter and richer than the locals, and thi was seen as racially insensitive to say the least.
To update all the reporting, the manger who made the satement was fired and the owenrship of Boyland Heights said they never endorsed this policy.
How do I feel about this?
If people want to create a space for students, they need to do it on campus and no place else. The idea that any resturant would restricts patronage is this matter would, at the very least, lead me to not want to go in at any time.
Boylan Heights counts on locals for lunch business and for the summer months when school is not in session. If I lived closer, I'd never go in because of this policy.(If it was in fact in place).
There are plenty of places on campus if UVA students want to be soley among other students.
Charlottesville is a lovely place, but there is a raging income gap between certain segments of the population. People with trust funds and 100 Acre horse farms walk past public housing on their way to a craft brewery.
Millionaires eat from taco trucks run by recent arriavals who barely speak english.
My predediction is that we are going to see more and more of this type of thing.
We'll have palces that will use facial recognition and decide your net worth before they let you in, or not.
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