The PG Pool is racist [MD]

[Anonymous]

Either naacp or blm buys the pool and makes it a black pool or you stfu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many of the dues paying members of this pool saved it from bankruptcy. The community should thank us.

True.

But they won't in this whiny whiny culture of ours.

Agree re: the problematic spread of this “whiny culture”. It’s too bad that people like Tucker Carlson have normalized whining and legitimized unsupported opinions as “alternative facts”, and making so many truly privileged people confuse whining with “winning”.
That so many people lack any genuine understanding of history, thanks in part to the legacies of segregation academies, doesn’t help.
I hope that this situation can be resolved in ways that benefit the entire community. It’s unfortunate that squabbling over scarce resources has become institutionalized as a way of life instead of enhancing opportunities for the general well-being of all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The situation is analogous to racial segregation in our communities. The current members say “anyone can join”, just as the current people that live in Chevy Chase say that anyone can buy a house there today. But what is neglected to mention is that the current situation was created by systemic de jure (racial covenants, red lining) and de facto (zoning) segregationist policies.

The people on here arguing otherwise for the sake of defending the administration of this pool sound like the residents of Chevy Chase defending their enclave.

Only difference is that the folks in Chevy Chase don’t claim any social standing for anti-racism or whatever.

Just own your racism. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

OK. First, what is the "current situation" at PG Pool that need to be remedies? Second, what are the historical markers that created it?

[Anonymous]

We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

[Anonymous]

I found this link, about the racial history of Adelphi Pool, to be very illuminating.

https://adelphipool.org/about/racial-history-of-adelphi-pool/

"It is tempting to read the absence of a written history as meaning that Adelphi pool was always welcoming. This is dishonest and disrespectful. Adelphi pool was not the one honorable pool founded in the Washington DC suburbs in the 1950s. It was the same as all the other pools: a place for white families to socialize without any possibility of interaction with a black person." .....

"Adelphi Pool was brought back from the brink of closure in the last decade. The families who helped bring it back to life were not the same families that founded it. Those of us who have chosen to live in Prince George’s County or the neighborhoods in DC that border the county have chosen not to run or to hide our children from diversity. We don’t have to apologize for what happened in 1950. That said, we do need to recognize that it happened and that it continues to happen today. Today, white families are being asked to acknowledge the reality of being black in America and to recognize that if they are silent, they are complicit. I believe we need to be honest that the pool was built by racists and, at least in part, for racist reasons. It is not a neutral place."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

Could you define that for me, please? What does a more just pool community look like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

DP here - the pool has a racist past. But, how does it affect the present? This question has been asked numerous times, presumably by numerous posters, and I haven't seen a plausible response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

DP here - the pool has a racist past. But, how does it affect the present? This question has been asked numerous times, presumably by numerous posters, and I haven't seen a plausible response.

And this is the racism coming through. How does a racist past affect the present you ask? How come no one can answer your questions you ask? We’ve all heard these same statements before from the racist guy in the office arguing against diversity in the workplace or in fact any southern, Republican US Senator ranting about bootstraps and welfare.

I presume that you consider yourself a liberal or progressive. You think that you’re so smart that no one has ever asked these questions before? Congratulations on the cognitive dissonance. You clearly don’t believe that you are racist, but your posts tell a different story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

DP here - the pool has a racist past. But, how does it affect the present? This question has been asked numerous times, presumably by numerous posters, and I haven't seen a plausible response.

And this is the racism coming through. How does a racist past affect the present you ask? How come no one can answer your questions you ask? We’ve all heard these same statements before from the racist guy in the office arguing against diversity in the workplace or in fact any southern, Republican US Senator ranting about bootstraps and welfare.

I presume that you consider yourself a liberal or progressive. You think that you’re so smart that no one has ever asked these questions before? Congratulations on the cognitive dissonance. You clearly don’t believe that you are racist, but your posts tell a different story.

I am asking, in this situation, how does the racist past affect the present situation? Moreover, what is the present situation that needs to be remedies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found this link, about the racial history of Adelphi Pool, to be very illuminating.

https://adelphipool.org/about/racial-history-of-adelphi-pool/

"It is tempting to read the absence of a written history as meaning that Adelphi pool was always welcoming. This is dishonest and disrespectful. Adelphi pool was not the one honorable pool founded in the Washington DC suburbs in the 1950s. It was the same as all the other pools: a place for white families to socialize without any possibility of interaction with a black person." .....

"Adelphi Pool was brought back from the brink of closure in the last decade. The families who helped bring it back to life were not the same families that founded it. Those of us who have chosen to live in Prince George’s County or the neighborhoods in DC that border the county have chosen not to run or to hide our children from diversity. We don’t have to apologize for what happened in 1950. That said, we do need to recognize that it happened and that it continues to happen today. Today, white families are being asked to acknowledge the reality of being black in America and to recognize that if they are silent, they are complicit. I believe we need to be honest that the pool was built by racists and, at least in part, for racist reasons. It is not a neutral place."

Sounds like a lot of talking but no action. Are there black/brown pool members there or is it still majority white? If the matter what is being done to remedy that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

DP here - the pool has a racist past. But, how does it affect the present? This question has been asked numerous times, presumably by numerous posters, and I haven't seen a plausible response.

And this is the racism coming through. How does a racist past affect the present you ask? How come no one can answer your questions you ask? We’ve all heard these same statements before from the racist guy in the office arguing against diversity in the workplace or in fact any southern, Republican US Senator ranting about bootstraps and welfare.

I presume that you consider yourself a liberal or progressive. You think that you’re so smart that no one has ever asked these questions before? Congratulations on the cognitive dissonance. You clearly don’t believe that you are racist, but your posts tell a different story.

You’re still not answering the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it racist that a lot of houses in Mount Rainier are now going for almost $1 million?

That’s the thing- I know somewhat recent home buyers to Mt. Rainier who are in the waitlist for the pool-gotta think they would be included in the priority zip codes OP is thinking of, but most of them are white. My guess is that OP is white too and is just frustrated with the waitlist and wants priority admission. Otherwise they’d be advocating for actual priority to POC to make amends for the racist past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have now entered an era where nearly all the whining about racism is white peoples, including and especially self-professed progressives, complaining about being associated with their own racism.

Lots of good, tangible and easily implementable suggestions have been proffered in this thread to create a more just pool community that are just refused to be acknowledged.

At this stage I think it’s fair to ask that if you’re going to be this racist, you should own it.

You will first need to show the current policies disproportionately negatively affect black people. Where’s your proof?

You are not being as clever as you think you think you are. Instead, you are coming across as pretty racist yourself in your zeal to erase the racist past of this pool and how that past affects the present. The outcome is that it puts your pool community into an even worse light.

DP here - the pool has a racist past. But, how does it affect the present? This question has been asked numerous times, presumably by numerous posters, and I haven't seen a plausible response.

And this is the racism coming through. How does a racist past affect the present you ask? How come no one can answer your questions you ask? We’ve all heard these same statements before from the racist guy in the office arguing against diversity in the workplace or in fact any southern, Republican US Senator ranting about bootstraps and welfare.

I presume that you consider yourself a liberal or progressive. You think that you’re so smart that no one has ever asked these questions before? Congratulations on the cognitive dissonance. You clearly don’t believe that you are racist, but your posts tell a different story.

You’re still not answering the question.

The “question” is offensively stupid and racist. Similar to descendent of a slave owner saying that they owe no debt because they personally don’t own slaves.