>And he knows that, it's why he addressed it in a quote early in that article -- claiming if he took responsibility and cleaned his motel up he'd be accused of discrimination. That's a cop-out.

Unless everyone he denied access to were white, he would open himself up to such litigation. It's not a cop-out. Making assumptions about someone's character based on how they look is fraught with landmines. It is unreasonable to expect a business owner to take on that responsibility.