Colorado hotel suspends workers after legendary comic Mark Curry accuses them of racial profiling
Two Colorado hotel workers were suspended after an incident in which comedian Mark Curry accused them of racially profiling him, the company said on Tuesday, according to"If you're Black and you're in Colorado Springs, you can't be in the lobby," Curry said in a video he posted on social media."Wow! This is crazy, isn't it?"
"He's a brother, but he's hanging with the white men saying I'm pulling the race card," Curry said of the second employee in the video. At one point, Curry said,"And I told you, of course, I'm at the hotel." "Do you have a room number of any sort? Can I have a last name? They just want to know if you're a guest. That's all. Just for safety," the receptionist said in the video, identifying the white staffer as an engineer with the hotel.
"There were 300 white people in the lobby eating and drinking. I sat down in the lobby to have some coffee and get out of my room, and this motherfucker gonna jam me up, asking me do I belong in the hotel," Curry said once he returned to his room."I'm out of this bitch."
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