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5103

Would the thing the bouncer(s) did be considered racist?

Or “anti-racist”?

Would the bouncers have been hired with the explicit understanding that they were definitely going to do something to break the law as it was written at the time?

Or would they have been hired with the understanding that it was hoped they would not have to break the law (as written at the time) but that they would be expected to if a certain type of situation were to arise?

Would the bouncers have been hired specifically because the event organizers had some reason to believe such a “situation” might occur?

5104

Was this a case where the law demanded segregation, and the bouncers DIDN’T segregate?

5105

Answered.

5106

No, but I will tell you that laws and the legal side kind of do play into this situation.

The evidence I see is that segregation was NOT required by law at the time.

5107

Was the bouncer’s relevant action refusing to let certain people in?

Letting certain people in?

Did his actions directly lead to people deciding to meet somewhere else?

5108

Kind of. I mean…everyone was allowed in that was invited…just not allowed in “completely”.

It’s more how certain people were let in.

No.

5109

Was the party separated into two areas and the bouncer’s job was to make sure that everyone went to their designated area?

5110

Yes.

We’re making progress!

5111

Is this West Side Story?

5112

You mean the “bouncer” is Officer Krupke?

5113

No.

No.

I did just see this movie, recently, but this has nothing to do with that.

There is something unique in my puzzle about how separating people actually ended up bringing them together. That is the main “situation” to figure out.

5114

But to be clear:
Is this a completely real-life situation?
A completely fictional situation?
Some blend of both?

5115

Completely real.

5116

Were the two groups opposing sides or dichotomous or disjoint? Like Crips and Bloods, Republicans and Democrats, Men and Women, Adults (18+) and Children (17-), etc.?

5117

Were the two groups separated by race?
…by some other ethnic categorization?
…By sex?
…By age?
…By some other trait apparent on casual sight?
…By language?
…By a (generally) immutable trait?

Would the bouncer have commonly needed to ask the attendees something to determine what category they belonged in?

5118

Blacks and Whites. I think this has been established? They were separated by race.

It’s by race. I think this has been established. And no, the bouncer(s) would not have needed to ask, since he/she could see them.

5119

Would the Black people and the White people have been attending this event for different reasons?

5120

Nope, all there for the same reason.

5121

Was there a fire / flood / other emergency during the event?

Just to double-check: The people who were “brought together” were of different races that were supposed to be physically separated from each other?

Were the different groups able to communicate while separated?

Did the physical separation end at some point during the event?

Were they “brought together” at some later point, after the event?

ETA: Is music involved in any way?

5122

Nope.

Yes. I mean we all hate segregation, but it was expected at the time so “supposed to be” is accurate I guess.

No.

No.

Yes…I mean…segregation ended…so definitely yes. I mean some may have died before the end of segregation, but yep.

I’ll ask:

Did this ultimately involve the decline or end of some segregation?

Yes(but why???)

no.