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    Default Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    My question involves civil rights in the State of: any state.

    If I own an indoor mall, is it legal for me to hire security guards to stand at the entrance of the mall and bounce any colored person from entering the mall?

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    So ... is this a hypothetical for a class?

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    It's a hypothetical but not for a class.

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    We really don't do hypotheticals here.

    But the simple answer is Yes, it's illegal.

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    Sorry for asking a hypothetical in this forum, I was just trying to better understand the U.S. law and culture.

    So, I asked if it is Legal. You said "Yes, it is illegal", so which is it?

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    It is not legal for you to block people from entering on the basis of their race. I hope that this is now perfectly clear to you. It is a violation of Federal law. This remains true no matter what "hypothetical" situation you set up.

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    Oh, semantics.

    ILLEGAL.

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    And really - what colored people?

    White? Pink? Coffee? Chocolate? Caramel?

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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    Quote Quoting msafi
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    My question involves civil rights in the State of: any state.

    If I own an indoor mall, is it legal for me to hire security guards to stand at the entrance of the mall and bounce any colored person from entering the mall?
    do you mean colored, like this:


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    Default Re: Racial Discrimination for Entry into a Commercial Mall

    I'm of the opinion that government shouldn't intervene on how private people run their businesses. If they want to racially discriminate, it's their property and can do with it whatever they like. I know this is an unpopular opinion these days, but I'm not here to argue or discuss it. I'm here to learn.

    I was just trying to explain the concept of private ownership to my friends, so they challenged me by asking if it were legal for private establishments in the U.S. to discriminate racially, I said, "yes, probably it's legal. It's their property, but the market and the press would probably take care of this and correct the situation" but I'm learning for the first time that there is a Federal law against this kind of thing.

    Thanks for the information.

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