"All Islanders looked the same to her, she explained. She couldn't tell them apart. So none would be allowed in ." In Anchorage, police uphold the right of businesses to deny service based on race.It gets worse. Even when the courts find evidence of discrimination, as they did in the case of Carolyn Mitchell, there's no guarantee of justice . Carolyn Mitchell was awarded damages of $1 by a jury in 2004. In 2009 she was ordered to pay $45,594, the cost of the trial, minus $1.