The PG Pool is racist [MD]

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Putting the race issue aside for a moment, I think another big issue for me is that it can appear as if families who would never want to live in PGC - b/c of crime, the schools, the demographics, etc. - want to take up slots at this pool.

Seeing those DC license plates in the PG pool parking lot just rub a lot of people the wrong way.

Why though? I live in PG and go into DC to "use their stuff" all the time. I also have plenty of friends who live in PG and swim at Turkey Thicket in the winter. We're all very close in proximity.

I think it's because I can't use the PG Pool "stuff" except for a few hours during some mornings (for a very high cost) or those 3 random community days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting the race issue aside for a moment, I think another big issue for me is that it can appear as if families who would never want to live in PGC - b/c of crime, the schools, the demographics, etc. - want to take up slots at this pool.

Seeing those DC license plates in the PG pool parking lot just rub a lot of people the wrong way.

But it’s not a county facility!! It just happens to be located in PG county. I see plenty of MD plates at DC parks, pools and playgrounds, which *are* taxpayer funded.

Affluent people are always going to find a way to get access to resources. Implementing a zip code preference would just encourage people to falsify addresses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting the race issue aside for a moment, I think another big issue for me is that it can appear as if families who would never want to live in PGC - b/c of crime, the schools, the demographics, etc. - want to take up slots at this pool.

Seeing those DC license plates in the PG pool parking lot just rub a lot of people the wrong way.

it's literally a mile to the DC line.

Look, I get that you're butthurt that you can't get in sooner and look down on the nearby public pools, but that's the way it goes. Sounds like you moved in after the area was already on the upswing.

[Anonymous]

New poster here. I just emailed with a local news outlet about these racial tensions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New poster here. I just emailed with a local news outlet about these racial tensions.

Oh good. I’m sure all the local and even national media outlets will be quick to pick up this breaking non-story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New poster here. I just emailed with a local news outlet about these racial tensions.

Sure you did. Also, idiocy abounds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:New poster here. I just emailed with a local news outlet about these racial tensions.

Oh good. I’m sure all the local and even national media outlets will be quick to pick up this breaking non-story.

PP. probably not but if in the off chance they do, I’d hate to be the public face of a pool that is painted as racist to the dmv area. Some of these responses from ppl claiming to be members hasn’t been a great look.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Putting the race issue aside for a moment, I think another big issue for me is that it can appear as if families who would never want to live in PGC - b/c of crime, the schools, the demographics, etc. - want to take up slots at this pool.

Seeing those DC license plates in the PG pool parking lot just rub a lot of people the wrong way.

But it’s not a county facility!! It just happens to be located in PG county. I see plenty of MD plates at DC parks, pools and playgrounds, which *are* taxpayer funded.

Affluent people are always going to find a way to get access to resources. Implementing a zip code preference would just encourage people to falsify addresses.

... and at dcps schools, but we won't talk about that!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster here. I just emailed with a local news outlet about these racial tensions.

Oh good. I’m sure all the local and even national media outlets will be quick to pick up this breaking non-story.

PP. probably not but if in the off chance they do, I’d hate to be the public face of a pool that is painted as racist to the dmv area. Some of these responses from ppl claiming to be members hasn’t been a great look.

And who’s the public face? The board volunteers who are seeking a diversity chair? The members who organized the bowdling pavilion event? The publicly facing website that highlights this effort? The membership, which has lots of POC? Honestly there is no there there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is silly. We joined the PG pool in 2011, and there was no waitlist. Previously the pool even offered half season memberships because there was so little demand. The recent upswing in demand is simply the number of families with young kids moving into Brookland, Woodridge and Mount Rainier. Are the Cheverly people pissed about who belongs to Cheverly? Because that’s where folks from the Hill go. Or Adelphi? Families with young kids are going to want to join a pool rather than go to mediocre county or DC pools.

PGP is not a fancy pool at all- just a coop with with a cement pool house and a nasty damp locker room.

What percent of PGP members are white?

...crickets.

How would anyone know? There is no moment when the entire membership gathers. Race is not registered on applications. There is no moment when the entire membership is there. But it is not, by any means all-white.

Isn’t there a Board of Directors whose business is to know these things?

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing PG Pool has a much more diverse membership and diversity efforts than most pools over in the west side of Montgomery County. Why not focus on those first?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is silly. We joined the PG pool in 2011, and there was no waitlist. Previously the pool even offered half season memberships because there was so little demand. The recent upswing in demand is simply the number of families with young kids moving into Brookland, Woodridge and Mount Rainier. Are the Cheverly people pissed about who belongs to Cheverly? Because that’s where folks from the Hill go. Or Adelphi? Families with young kids are going to want to join a pool rather than go to mediocre county or DC pools.

PGP is not a fancy pool at all- just a coop with with a cement pool house and a nasty damp locker room.

What percent of PGP members are white?

...crickets.

How would anyone know? There is no moment when the entire membership gathers. Race is not registered on applications. There is no moment when the entire membership is there. But it is not, by any means all-white.

Isn’t there a Board of Directors whose business is to know these things?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is silly. We joined the PG pool in 2011, and there was no waitlist. Previously the pool even offered half season memberships because there was so little demand. The recent upswing in demand is simply the number of families with young kids moving into Brookland, Woodridge and Mount Rainier. Are the Cheverly people pissed about who belongs to Cheverly? Because that’s where folks from the Hill go. Or Adelphi? Families with young kids are going to want to join a pool rather than go to mediocre county or DC pools.

PGP is not a fancy pool at all- just a coop with with a cement pool house and a nasty damp locker room.

What percent of PGP members are white?

...crickets.

How would anyone know? There is no moment when the entire membership gathers. Race is not registered on applications. There is no moment when the entire membership is there. But it is not, by any means all-white.

It would be unusual and extraordinary to collect that type of demographic data on people asking to join a pool.
Isn’t there a Board of Directors whose business is to know these things?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is silly. We joined the PG pool in 2011, and there was no waitlist. Previously the pool even offered half season memberships because there was so little demand. The recent upswing in demand is simply the number of families with young kids moving into Brookland, Woodridge and Mount Rainier. Are the Cheverly people pissed about who belongs to Cheverly? Because that’s where folks from the Hill go. Or Adelphi? Families with young kids are going to want to join a pool rather than go to mediocre county or DC pools.

PGP is not a fancy pool at all- just a coop with with a cement pool house and a nasty damp locker room.

What percent of PGP members are white?

...crickets.

How would anyone know? There is no moment when the entire membership gathers. Race is not registered on applications. There is no moment when the entire membership is there. But it is not, by any means all-white.

It would be unusual and extraordinary to collect that type of demographic data on people asking to join a pool.
Isn’t there a Board of Directors whose business is to know these things?

I assume you get addresses of members, right? The Board could just publish how many people actually live in Mount Rainier and put this issue to rest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is silly. We joined the PG pool in 2011, and there was no waitlist. Previously the pool even offered half season memberships because there was so little demand. The recent upswing in demand is simply the number of families with young kids moving into Brookland, Woodridge and Mount Rainier. Are the Cheverly people pissed about who belongs to Cheverly? Because that’s where folks from the Hill go. Or Adelphi? Families with young kids are going to want to join a pool rather than go to mediocre county or DC pools.

PGP is not a fancy pool at all- just a coop with with a cement pool house and a nasty damp locker room.

What percent of PGP members are white?

...crickets.

How would anyone know? There is no moment when the entire membership gathers. Race is not registered on applications. There is no moment when the entire membership is there. But it is not, by any means all-white.

I don't think the board collects addresses. Anyway, what would stop someone from moving? Or using someone elses address?
It would be unusual and extraordinary to collect that type of demographic data on people asking to join a pool.
Isn’t there a Board of Directors whose business is to know these things?

I assume you get addresses of members, right? The Board could just publish how many people actually live in Mount Rainier and put this issue to rest.