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Originally Posted by Kevin
Membership requirements for those clubs vary. Usually, you have to get a sponsor, usually, the shareholders have to vote and typically, the vote requirement is very high... at least that's the case for country clubs with any sort of prestige attached to them. The view at these sorts of places is pretty simple -- they don't discriminate based upon race, they just haven't had a subjectively qualified person of color apply. That might sound like a fiction to you, but really, do you think minorities are even applying?
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The ignorance behind this statement is...staggering.
Yes, minorities are applying. We just don't often hear about them getting turned away because they may not be well known.
We only would hear about Colin Powell because he is famous.