We Get Mail

Blackout is for black men only, but we often refer non-blacks to the other parties in Los Angeles. That doesn't always satisfy people, so we get email like the following:

Flavio Nisti wrote:

Just curious How do you think you event help socially to fight racism?
Yours is the most insulting Philosophy i ever come across in my life I can only imagine if someone thru a party saying "White men only" You would call them racist immediately But you do it and it's fine. Shame on you

When we first started 3 years ago, we tried to allow all races to attend. But the bruthas felt they were too aggressive and didn't respect the boundaries, so we had to change our policy. There's just a difference in the way black men relate to each other. 

Shame on us? Naw, not at all.