{"id":1772600,"date":"2022-12-12T13:48:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772600"},"modified":"2022-12-12T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:48:11","slug":"black-comedian-accuses-hotel-of-racial-profiling-for-asking-if-he-was-staying-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-comedian-accuses-hotel-of-racial-profiling-for-asking-if-he-was-staying-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Comedian Accuses Hotel Of Racial Profiling For Asking If He Was Staying There"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-comedian-accuses-hotel-of-racial-profiling-for-asking-if-he-was-staying-there%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/comedy\">Comedian<\/a> and 90s sitcom actor Mark Curry posted a video to social media over the weekend that has since gone viral, showing him being asked by employees to verify that he was a guest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colorado\">Colorado Springs<\/a> hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the lengthy Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cl95gKNo4T9\/\">video<\/a>, the 61-year-old actor accuses hotel staff of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/racism\">racially profiling<\/a> him. He recorded two alleged hotel employees following him around the lobby where he was drinking a cup of coffee. Curry refused to show the two men his room key or confirm that he was a hotel guest. He also declined to provide his name or room number to the front desk attendant when asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re black and you\u2019re in Colorado Springs, you can\u2019t be in the lobby,\u201d Curry says during the 26-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/instagram\">video<\/a>. \u201cWow! This is crazy, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian was staying at the Mining Exchange (A Wyndham Grand Hotel &#038; Spa) at the time of the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>Curry recorded the two men following him around and narrated the whole time. \u201cI would like to call the police on this guy for following me. I don\u2019t know who he is,\u201d Curry told the front desk attendant. She identified the two men as hotel staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA black man can\u2019t go nowhere in America,\u201d Curry fumed later while filming in his hotel room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack man and a hotel lobby it\u2019s impossible that he has a room here,\u201d he captioned the video. \u201cNo, I have a suite! He walks up to me with no badge on. I don\u2019t know who this man is.\u201d He then implored followers to call the hotel manager and complain.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the hotel said that it was \u201ccommitted to providing a safe and inclusive space for all guests and employees.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deeply regret this incident and have reached out to Mr. Curry to offer not only our sincere apologies but a full refund of his stay and an invitation to return, at no cost, anytime in the future,\u201d the statement said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/holly-robinson-peete-supports-mark-curry-hotel-racial-profiling\/\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel management also said they were \u201cusing this opportunity to revisit training with our staff, helping to ensure all interactions are reflective of our company values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Followers on social media had mixed reactions, with some accusing the hotel staff of blatant racist behavior and others saying Curry should have identified himself as a guest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou good my dude??? I\u2019ve called the number a bunch of times can\u2019t get thru!!!!\u201d comedian D.L. Hughley wrote in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShameful! Absolutely disgusting! Love you [M]ark! No one deserves this!\u201d actress Raven Symone agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Curry\u2019s co-star Holly Robinson Peete also chimed in, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hollyrpeete\/status\/1601739464362950656\">tweeting:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSending love out to my costar and friend \u2026 just finding out about this awful profiling harassment he was subjected to in Colorado Springs. I hope the Hotel has apologized to him at least. UNACCEPTABLE.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian and 90s sitcom actor Mark Curry posted a video to social media over the weekend that has since gone viral, showing him being asked by employees to verify that he was a guest in a Colorado Springs hotel.\u00a0 In the lengthy Instagram video, the 61-year-old actor accuses hotel staff of racially profiling him. 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