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Mardi Gras clubs protest act barring exclusion in parades
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — City Council bowed to protests today and deferred action on a measure that would prevent the clubs that put on New Orleans' colorful Mardi Gras parades from excluding members on the basis of race or sex
Some of the clubs or "krewes" had threatened to pull out of the city if the measure passed.
Mayor Sidney Barthelemy joined the leaders of a number of krewers at a council meeting in asking council member Dorothy Mc Taylor to delay bringing the matter up for discussion and knock out an agreement acceptable to all.
"We have worked together in this city attempting and eliminating racism and discrimination," Taylor said after listening to the requests. "And I ask all of my friends out there, too, to help me to or to hide with me and allow the time for us to come to the table and discuss this further."
Taylor said she could not delay presenting the measure past Dec.19.
Carnival leaders and others had said Taylor's measure was unnecessary, even though most krews do limit membership in some form.
"This is really just ridiculous," said Irma Strode, a captain of the all-women group Iris, one of more than 60
"There are plenty of places on the various krewes for everyone."
New Orleans' carnival season blasts off Jan. 6 and reaches a fever pitch on Mardi Gras, the day before Lent begins. Mardi Gras this year is March 3. In the days and nights between, knees stage parade, balls and parties.
Most kreewes are for men only, although a few allow only women. Most old-line kreewes, some that trace their roots to the previous century, are secretive but are widely reputed to exclude Jews and blacks.
The krewes vary in size from 200 to 1,000 people. Membership is not cheap — on the high end, members can spend thousands of dollars on fees and costumes — and hopeful must be recommended by a member.
Leaders of several krewes — Black and white, male and female — said they saw no need for the anti-discriminatory ordinance that Taylor proposed.
At least five krews threatened to cancel parades or move them to suburban routes if the measure passed.
"I don't think there is a burning feeling in the community that ending racial and sexual discrimination in Mardi Grassi is an issue we need to deal with," said Michael Johnson, president of the predominantly Black Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club.
"Worse yet, most people think the whole thing could be very disruptive to the whole carnival atmosphere."
Beau Bassick, of the old-money, all-white krew Rex, said, "of the things we we've always had is that everyone had their organization they enjoyed being with, and if they didn't, they formed one."
The group has no policy against Blacks or Jews, he said, but does exclude women.
During the years, krewes have sprung up, including the popular Bacchus and Endymion, because more people wanted to participate in the parades and parties and couldn't find a group to join.
"The reality of the whole thing is that the krewers they are talking about are the krews like Rex and Comus that discriminate on the basis of class, not race. Most people — Black or white — couldn't afford to belong to those krews."
Zulu, which was formed in 1916 as a spoof on Rex, admits only men, but of any race.
Councilmember Peggy Wilson said she thought discrimination was wrong but also believed people had a right to organize private social groups.
She said calls to her office were running heavily against the measure.
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