{"id":39368,"date":"2019-07-22T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=39368"},"modified":"2019-07-22T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:35:04","slug":"racist-dress-codes-in-beirut-pool-have-sparked-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=39368","title":{"rendered":"Racist dress codes in Beirut pool have sparked outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A pool in Beirut has caused uproar in the region when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10217180504857009&amp;set=a.3461870837805&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sahar Mandour<\/a>, a frequent attendee of the facility, uploaded a Facebook post. The post shows the form that employers of domestic workers are required to fill out &#8211; indicating strict guidelines of how to &#8220;dress [their] helpers.&#8221; It is also noted that in case of a non-compliance to the policy, the helper will be asked to leave the premises.<\/p>\n<p>The pool&#8217;s &#8220;Helper Dress Policy,&#8221; was shared on social media by Mandour who said that, &#8220;They banned an Indian woman and her daughter from going in &#8211; they went there to spend a day at the beach with a group of academics that was visiting Lebanon. The woman herself is a lecturer, she just smiled and told her friends: &#8216;It&#8217;s OK, racism still exists in some countries.&#8217; My friend&#8217;s heart broke for her and he tried to fight Sporting Club&#8217;s management but they refused to let the woman go inside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Although Sporting Club has claimed the incident was a misunderstanding, this is not the first time the club has been called racist. It also made waves on social media in 2010 for refusing entry for maids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sporting Club in Beirut denies entry to migrant domestic worker in Lebanon, caught on video http:\/\/bit.ly\/9X2lAo [via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joellehatem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@joellehatem<\/a>]\n<p>\u2014 Bilal Houri (@bilalhouri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bilalhouri\/status\/18429687755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 13, 2010<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/6229\/racist-dress-codes-in-beirut-pool-have-sparked-outrage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A pool in Beirut has caused uproar in the region when Sahar Mandour, a frequent attendee of the facility, uploaded a Facebook post. 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