katherine the O.
Google
Had a very bizarre, unpleasant, hostile experience. In a group visiting NYC for live music, all were fairly easily let through the door with out-of-state drivers licenses but they do not recognize Federally verified, Real ID compliant, Native American tribal photo IDs. An expressly discriminatory practice and clearly in the wrong, as every other bar, TSA, etc. scan and recognize the validity of such ID cards easily. Rude bouncer was of no help repeating to us “read the sign” - the “sign” in question implied that only NY-issued ID’s are acceptable (which makes no sense as the rest of us with out of state ID’s, those of us who are white, were accepted). One bouncer was relatively understanding, but the other + the manager were outrageously rude and even aggressive. They seemed to just be looking for a reason to discriminate. Tribal enrollment IDs are uncommon but valid and legal forms of identification.
