Is the Chevy Chase Club Racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the area country clubs are vast majority white. It’s reflection of the wealthy, homogeneous communities they are in.

But you are attending a private function, not joining the club so I don’t see why it would be a concern. Are you thinking your spouse would be treated differently by the staff or something?

No its not. It's a reflection of their racist past. Read some history on the clubs and neighborhoods in the area please...Chevy Chase was created to keep Blacks and also Jews OUT. Why any black person would want to live there today is beyond me. Read up on Francis G. Newlands who viewed black people as a race of children.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/09/29/racist-history-chevy-chase-home-power-players-like-brett-kavanaugh/?utm_term=.f4211fbfdfb0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello I was recently invited to a family wedding reception at the Chevy Chase Club in Montgomery County. Growing up in MoCo in the 80's people always said the club was racist. Not like the structural racism in society, but like out-right racism, ie we don't let black people in. Documentation from back then does seem to support this. I am now married to an African-American woman and feeling uncomfortable about attending. I don't want to rock the boat too much with the family, and want to make sure that if we don't go because the reception is being held there, I am not just going off of stuff I heard growing up. Any thoughts on the club still being racist?

Like probably just about every private country club in America, it probably once had a "No Coloreds, No Jews" policy. Today? While any formal rules along those lines are probably long gone and publicly repudiated, I'd be willing to bet it's still pretty WASPy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

Kavanagh definitely belongs to Chevy. He may belong to Columbia too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

Kavanagh definitely belongs to Chevy. He may belong to Columbia too.

No wonder he was deeply in debt. Those membership fees are no joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

The only minorities I know there are mixed couples and very conservative think pro-Kavanugh, pro-Cheney, Bush, and pro-Trump. And you do realize some minorities can also be pretty racist especially if they’re trying to climb the social ladder they really try to distance themseld from certain other minorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the area country clubs are vast majority white. It’s reflection of the wealthy, homogeneous communities they are in.

But you are attending a private function, not joining the club so I don’t see why it would be a concern. Are you thinking your spouse would be treated differently by the staff or something?

No its not. It's a reflection of their racist past. Read some history on the clubs and neighborhoods in the area please...Chevy Chase was created to keep Blacks and also Jews OUT. Why any black person would want to live there today is beyond me. Read up on Francis G. Newlands who viewed black people as a race of children.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/09/29/racist-history-chevy-chase-home-power-players-like-brett-kavanaugh/?utm_term=.f4211fbfdfb0

You are so ignorant to think this was unique to these specific neighborhoods and that the past continues today. Try reading this:

https://ggwash.org/view/41615/where-dc-used-to-bar-black-people-from-living

Seems based on your logic "why would any black person want to live there today" applies across the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

Kavanagh definitely belongs to Chevy. He may belong to Columbia too.

No wonder he was deeply in debt. Those membership fees are no joke.

I bet his parents paid the fees. That's often the case with folks who grew up around here and whose parents were members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

Kavanagh definitely belongs to Chevy. He may belong to Columbia too.

Kavanaugh belongs to both. It was part of his financial disclosure, IIRC. It was shocking because everyone knew how little he made in comparison to his crazy expenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

The only minorities I know there are mixed couples and very conservative think pro-Kavanugh, pro-Cheney, Bush, and pro-Trump. And you do realize some minorities can also be pretty racist especially if they’re trying to climb the social ladder they really try to distance themseld from certain other minorities.

Some of us are already at the top of the ladder so there is no where else to climb. Also, we don't distance ourselves because of race, we distance ourselves because of class. If I do not have anything in common with lower class people, then why would I associate with them? I don't see UMC whites getting ostracize for not associating with trailer park white folks. Minorities don't all come in stereotypical packages and we are not monolithic. It is perfectly okay for us think, live, socialize, and enjoy our lives outside of the stereotypical box. Also, just because we belong to a country club doesn't mean that we are pro-Trump. I'm not a fan of Trump or Kavanugh. I am also a liberal who enjoys the company of being around other UMC people like myself. Not all liberals or minorities are the same. I hate the broad brushes that people paint on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the area country clubs are vast majority white. It’s reflection of the wealthy, homogeneous communities they are in.

But you are attending a private function, not joining the club so I don’t see why it would be a concern. Are you thinking your spouse would be treated differently by the staff or something?

No its not. It's a reflection of their racist past. Read some history on the clubs and neighborhoods in the area please...Chevy Chase was created to keep Blacks and also Jews OUT. Why any black person would want to live there today is beyond me. Read up on Francis G. Newlands who viewed black people as a race of children.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/09/29/racist-history-chevy-chase-home-power-players-like-brett-kavanaugh/?utm_term=.f4211fbfdfb0

All of those people are dead now. You have a lot of hate in your heart.

[Anonymous]

You're going to a private family event, not joining the club. Have fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're going to a private family event, not joining the club. Have fun.

This. You’re going to a wedding. I have been to many at Chevy. The only people you will see are those at the wedding so it really shouldn’t be an issue. Now, if you’re concerned about the other wedding guests? That’s a completely different issue and irrelevant to location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Say hi to Brett Kavanaugh- sexist Club too I guess.

Kavanaugh belongs to Columbia not Chevy. Columbia is heavily Catholic. Chevy is more mixed these days, kind of a little sampler of each of the "exotics" (e.g., jewish, black, asian, etc... and YYES, I say this in jest/sarcastically). We do know a few folks of color who are members (men and women). Most are married to a white person. Its very conservative and preppy but not pure white anymore.

Kavanagh definitely belongs to Chevy. He may belong to Columbia too.

No wonder he was deeply in debt. Those membership fees are no joke.

I bet his parents paid the fees. That's often the case with folks who grew up around here and whose parents were members.

Yes, parents and in-laws. He testified to that. NO surprise. He also had a $150K lump sum settlement in 2015 that all federal judges received for due back wages owed. This thread isn't about Kavanaugh. It's about racism at Chevy Chase, which, by the way, stopped in 1976, but by all means go and try to find it if being negative is your life's work.

[Anonymous]

No, I don’t think it’s racist. I am a member and so I know a lot of people there and I haven’t met anyone who is racist.