The establishment–named Reggie’s—is an after hours hangout for many of the university’s students, and has apparently served as such for the past 15 years. However, one young Black female student stepped forth and shed light on Reggie’s questionable practices regarding how it checks in its patrons. Taylor Ward is the Melanoid student previously mentioned who took to Twitter to express her frustration with her visit to Reggie’s, went on to describe the following:

This image is a screenshot of Ward’s Tweet, which was later deleted. As the picture depicts above, the stamp on her hand bears an eerie resemblance to the word “nigger”, even though letters are positioned upside down to illustrate the covert racist message the bar attempted to convey.

This isn’t the only clue that this place of business is owned and/or operated by suspected white supremacists. Last month, the LSU Reville ran a feature which went in-depth by questioning the suspect culture of the business. The story featured its discriminatory practices toward Melanoid people, to its tasteless choice of decorations in the form of a large confederate flag which hangs freely behind the counter of the bar.

Picture of the confederate flag which hangs in the bar area of Reggie’s.

The manager of Reggie’s, who as expected, has defended the venue’s use of the “Reggie/Nigger” stamps, has stated that the stamps have been used once a week for the past decade, and that there is no racial messages connected to the stamp. On another note, the term “Reggin”–the same word that is stamped on the Black hands of Taylor Ward and countless other Blacks who frequent the establishment–is derived with the intention of being the opposite of a “nigger/Black person”. It refers to white people who “act Black”, or choose to “slum” with Black people.

Watch the video on the story below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDipXJKplo

B. Clark

A photo of Dildine surfaced which shows him wearing the confederate flag style underwear. The photo was actually posted on Dildine’s Facebook page during the past few days after the Charleston killings which resulted in the deaths of nine unarmed and innocent Melanoid church members last week. North Charleston police chief Eddie Driggers released a statement, which reads, “Your posting in this manner led to you being publicly identified as a North Charleston Police officer and associated both you and the Department with an image that symbolizes hate and oppression to a significant portion of the citizens we are sworn to serve”. The letter also reads that “In light of current events posting an inflammatory photograph in a way that permitted it to become widely distributed shows a lack of reason or judgment that is unacceptable,”

According to the letter, Dildine has 10 days to appeal this decision.

Here’s a link to the story.

Wal-Mart and Sears will remove all merchandise containing or related to the confederate flag. The flag, with its deep-rooted racist history and longtime relic for Antebellum-Era slavery in the Southern United States, has been ordered to be removed by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. According to a spokesman for Wal-Mart, the company does not want to offend anyone with the products it offers. The spokesman, named Brian Nick went on to release a statement, which read, “We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment – whether in our stores or on our website,” Sears Holding Corp, which operates both Sears and Kmart department stores, will allegedly be removing the same merchandise from its stores.

Follow this link to see the story.

To many, the stores’ removal of the confederate flag merchandise could be viewed as a win–or a loss. With the awareness that confederate merchandise was sold in these stores as recently as this past week would imply that “progress” is only subjective to those of us in Black Society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tlojidINGk

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