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Marcia Grant wanted to take her 9-year-old son, Dallas, to Ouzo Bay in the city’s Harbor East area of Baltimore.
His attire was typical for a kid, and Grant took objection with the manager, introducing the only difference between one child and the next — race.
While the manager didn’t see anything wrong about his actions, Ouzo Bay’s parent company, the Atlas Restaurant Group did.
They also noted that it was clear from the video that Dallas and the other child were “dressed similarly,” yet Grant’s son was being harassed because of his race.
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In response to the incident and Grant’s advocacy for her child, the company will revise their dress code— adjusting it to state that “children 12 years old and younger, who are accompanied by an adult, will not be subject to a dress code at any Atlas property.”
