Hogan’s restaurant in Tampa, Florida bars attire containing profanity, sports or sleeveless jerseys, plain white t-shirts, shorts, oversized/baggy/low hanging pants, torn clothing, workout clothing, do-rags, bandanas, skull caps, non-forward-facing hats. It also prohibits work boots and high-top sneakers.
Naturally, TMZ staff says the dress code “appears to target black people” (white people don’t wear these clothes?) because it bans clothing “popular with the urban crowd.” Commenting on the story, people agreed, “Wow does that place have a whites only bathroom too?” Another person comments, “That’s okay, soon they will have NO customers and fold up and go out of business. Management must be new to this.”
Attention TMZ staff: If this dress code is racist, then you should post more articles about how nearly every night club and bar has racist dress codes. False accusations of racism undermine the seriousness of actual racism.
Hulk Hogan’s response:
Hulk — who doesn’t own the eatery but licenses his name to it — tells us he called the restaurant’s managers personally … and demanded the sign be taken down — permanently … and they agreed.
Hogan says the dress code was modeled after ones used at Las Vegas and Miami pool parties — He says it was never meant to be racist, but understands some people take it that way … so he 86′d it.
Source: TMZ