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Job told me my boyfriend needs to stop picking me up because he is non white.

I work as a bartender and sometimes my shifts go as long as 4 am. I live two blocks away from my work in a safe-ish neibourhood. But when my shift ends after midnight my boyfriend sets an alarm and picks me up. He usually comes with his sleep clothes which are basically old clothes he has, he is also half black. He waits at the door of the bar for 5-10ish minutes. The bar I work at is also a very expensive one with a clientele of rich young people. Today my supervisor set me aside and told me my boyfriend either has to stop picking me up from work or wait from me at the corner of the block, because “he doesn't fit the bar aestetic” and he's “seen how the clients look at him or how he pushes them away”. I am so angry but there is…


I work as a bartender and sometimes my shifts go as long as 4 am. I live two blocks away from my work in a safe-ish neibourhood. But when my shift ends after midnight my boyfriend sets an alarm and picks me up. He usually comes with his sleep clothes which are basically old clothes he has, he is also half black. He waits at the door of the bar for 5-10ish minutes.
The bar I work at is also a very expensive one with a clientele of rich young people.

Today my supervisor set me aside and told me my boyfriend either has to stop picking me up from work or wait from me at the corner of the block, because “he doesn't fit the bar aestetic” and he's “seen how the clients look at him or how he pushes them away”.
I am so angry but there is nothing I can do about it.

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