The Strip Club is a place of business.
So, they do have to abide by certain rules in that place of business. They aren’t supposed to discriminate against anyone, but according to two black strippers that is what is happening.
Kieara Gaskin, 28, and Tenia Stuckey, 37, say it was hard to earn bigger tips when they were given less time in the VIP areas of clubs where they worked in Brooklyn and Queens.
Gaskin and Stuckey claim jiggle-joint owner Kevin Burch, who runs Starlets in Woodside and Club Lust in Sunset Park, allowed security guards to decide who got the most time with richer clients.
“Security guards . . . allowed certain entertainers who tolerated their sexual advances and flirtatious behavior to have more opportunities to earn tips by allowing them access to the stage and the VIP areas,” the women charge in a Brooklyn federal court lawsuit.
But it wasn’t all sex that kept the strippers in the poorhouse, they say.
The women, who are both black, allege in court papers that a manager at Burch’s clubs told security “to keep Gaskin and Stuckey out of the VIP areas due to their race.”
The strippers with boundaries say they were repeatedly called “black bitches” and that bosses used the N-word in reference to certain patrons.
This all sounds about right, but we will see what happens in court.