The ACLU of Virginia has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the owner of Kokoamos Island Bar, Grill and Yacht Club.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Norfolk, challenges the Virginia Beach nightspot's rules of entry that prohibit patrons from wearing dreadlocks, cornrows, twists and braids.
The lawsuit calls the policy discriminatory because it unfairly targets hairstyles predominantly worn by African Americans.
Last November WAVY News 10 brought you an exclusive undercover investigation into Kokoamos.
We sent in two men wearing baggy pants and Timberland boots, which, according to club rules, are prohibited.
Both men -- one African-American, the other Caucasian -- tried to enter the club wearing identical outfits.
The Caucasian was let in, the African-American was not.
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