Black Harvard & Yale Alumni Mistaken for 'Local Gang Bangers'

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A group of predominantly black Harvard and Yale alumni and graduate students was rejected from the Cure Lounge in Boston, Mass. after the Harvard-Yale football game Saturday.

As a line of Elis and Cantabs in cocktail attire gathered outside the club, the venue refused to admit attendees without a Harvard or Yale ID. In response, party organizers— who provided management with a guest list when three Harvard grads booked the space — argued that most of the guests were alumni and therefore would not be carrying school ID. The club kicked out those it had already admitted around 11:00 p.m., according to an e-mail party organizer and Harvard Business School student Michael Beal sent to invitees.

Beal’s e-mail blamed the event on racism and said the club’s management told him his party might attract “local gang bangers” and the “wrong crowd.”

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