Black male club patrons report being turned away at the door based on fluid applications of the dress code. Several said their shoes were the determining factor, when other non-black men were admitted wearing similar shoes. By
For some, there’s hardly a dressier pair of shoes than Nike’s Air Jordan.
But they’re not good enough for Texas Republic, a bar, nightclub and restaurant just south of West 7th Steet in Fort Worth.
TCU athletics assistant life and character coach Coleman Maxwell was denied entry Saturday night because he was wearing Jordan 11’s, which are prohibited by the club’s dress code.