Mark Curry Claims He Was Racially Profiled at Colorado Hotel - TMZ

Mark Curry I Was Racially Profiled ... By Hotel successful Colorado

12/11/2022 11:40 AM PT

Mark Curry claims helium was racially profiled astatine a edifice successful Colorado -- and the video grounds helium has surely raises immoderate questions astir wherefore helium was approached astatine all.

The actor/comedian posted a video this play that shows him hanging retired successful the lobby of an constitution called The Mining Exchange (a Wyndham hotel) successful downtown Colorado Springs -- wherever helium was successful municipality for a gig a drama nine nearby.

The clip starts with Mark sitting down and enjoying immoderate coffee, but astir instantly ... we spot determination are 2 employees lasting adjacent and looking implicit him. MC says they accosted him retired of obscurity and asked if helium was a impermanent staying determination (he was, obviously).

Mark starts to question wherefore he, of each people, is being asked this ... and jumps to the decision that it's due to the fact that he's Black. He accuses the employees of harassing him, and wonders retired large wherefore different guests successful the lobby aren't being asked the aforesaid thing.

The employees don't truly person an reply for him, and they conscionable awkwardly basal determination portion Mark continues to record. Eventually, helium uses the bath successful a tense situation and is asked for his ID by a beforehand table attendant. Later, helium enters his country and vents.

Mark says you can't beryllium Black successful America without an interrogation astatine immoderate point, and he's sick of it. He posted the hotel's telephone fig and encouraged folks to stroke them up.

As for the hotel, they person since apologized -- saying they reached retired to Mark to comp him for his enactment and connection him different escaped sojourn successful the future. They besides accidental they're going to beryllium retraining their unit aft this to marque definite it remains a spot that's welcoming for all.