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Originally Posted by Kevin
I really don't have a problem with all-white country clubs. If I played golf, I might even belong to one. Diversity wouldn't be on my list of things I care about either way. I'm more interested in the facilities and the membership.
You might have a case if Colin Powell gets turned down for membership somewhere, but that hasn't happened.
There are highly selective black organizations out there such as Jack and Jill. They don't admit whites (as far as I know) and that's just fine with everyone. Their racial requirements are express, unlike country clubs where you have a circumstantial case at best for racially based exclusions. And in J&J's case, you don't have whites banging down the door for admission either.
Now, when one of these organizations admits a black person and then turns around and boots them because they're "changing the complexion," we'd have a serious problem. I suppose the difference is superficial, but real. People will belong to these organizations so long as the organizations help these people to achieve what they want to achieve.
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It isn't surprising that you have no problem with all-white clubs. I would expect that. That's pretty much a given.
As for Jack and Jill, I'm not even sure why you brought that into the discussion. Furthermore, it is absurd when whites counter comments about all-white country clubs with this type of statement. The reason Jack and Jill and other such groups were started was to create a network for black children. The racism going on then and now resulted in blacks forming such groups because they were excluded from groups that were predominately white...among other things.
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