Woody’s Tavern owner David Norton offers a public statement of apology to a group of University of Louisville students and faculty almost a year and a half after he chased the group out of his Old Louisville bar using racist and sexist slurs. Until this week, Mr. Norton denied the incident ever occurred. providing context for what follows.
In this video, bar owner David Norton apologizes for being ‘a fool’; the Director of the Fairness Campaign – a local LGBT civil rights organization – Chris Hartman speaks about dismantling racism; and University of Louisville Professor of Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies Karla Story – one of those on the receiving end of Mr. Norton’s denigrating remarks – speaks about the value of Mr. Norton’s apology to all minority communities who wish to feel safe in public spaces. Fairness Campaign board member Keith Brooks is seen at the beginning of the video briefly providing context for what follows.