The streams Casino in Pittsburgh is not the kind of casino that usually makes headlines. But one local politician is concerned that the casino has recently put policies into place that show an ugly pattern one that might, in fact, be discriminatory towards black patrons.

Earlier this month, an Allegheny County councilwoman named Amanda Green Hawkins wrote a letter to the casino’s general manager. In the page, she asked a pointed question about why several events that seemed to be directed at the local African-American community was indeed terminated, subjected to higher pricing, or faced other unequal conditions.

According to Councilwoman Hawkins, the letter follows a pattern of reports she received from her constituents.

Perhaps policies that are racist

‘There have actually been allegations of battle discrimination,’ Hawkins said. ‘Constituents have called me or written me e-mails about things they’ve seen going on [at Rivers Casino] that they state are just racism.’

There were several examples in current months that prompted the letter. Within the page, Hawkins highlighted an event held month that is last a black motorcycle club called the Pittsburgh Ruff Ryders. The casino unearthed that the function was overcrowding the certain area it had been held in, and so shut the event down early. However, there were Continue reading →