Racist BLM policy causes ejection from library

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was not aware that BLM meetings did not allow white people to participate:

http://www.newschannel5.com/news/groups-color-only-rule-keeps-them-from-using-library

Are local libraries and meeting spaces aware of this?

The Bureau of Land Management allows people of all races to attend meetings.

[Anonymous]

OP:

You have a personal invitation from me to attend our next BLM meeting here in DC. Might help if you see what the organization is for yourself.

[Anonymous]

NP here.
From what it looks like, the problem is not that white people were excluded in the sense that whites attempted to attend the meeting and were outright denied. From what I gathered it sounds more so like the BLM group irresponsibly advertised their preferences for attendees and it was interpreted as being exclusionary.

That's hardly uncommon and there are all kinds of examples of such irresponsible exclusionary behavior by groups all over this country - where people of a particular race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc. aren't necessarily stopped at the door with, "No you can't come in" but more so people are deterred from wanting to go in to begin with because of the less than welcoming attitudes of the group members.

For instance...
Anybody remember Sigma Alpha Epsilon making national news when an entire bus full of members of its University of Oklahoma chapter began singing and laughing along with a racist song, filled with racial slurs and references to lynching about never admitting black students to the fraternity? SAE’s Yale chapter was reportedly also responsible for enforcing a “white-women only” policy at their fraternity parties.
Then there was the recent incident at Texas A&M where a group of about 60 juniors from a charter school whose student population is predominantly black and Latino were touring the university and racist slurs were aimed at them by a group of mostly white A&M students. Texas A&M can't prohibit people of color from attending the university - much like that particular BLM group can't prohibit whites from using the library - but their behavior definitely wasn't what one would consider very "welcoming" thus it came across as exclusionary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

+1

Y'all can "+1" all you want but some things ARE true. The "criticism" that this POTUS has gotten has been unprecedented in both scope AND tone. A lot of it is race-based but disguised as poltical disagreement. So let's not act as if all of the country's race problems have vanished. I do commend you for praising the fact that AA citizens have risen through hard work and character. Because there are many of your bretheren who say that is because of PC, racial preferences and AffAc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

"Oh please" back at you. 50 years ago it was explicit; today it's implicit and backed by the force of social pressure. It's still exclusion either way, and the fact that we have a black president doesn't mean we have a color-blind society free of racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

+1

Y'all can "+1" all you want but some things ARE true. The "criticism" that this POTUS has gotten has been unprecedented in both scope AND tone. A lot of it is race-based but disguised as poltical disagreement. So let's not act as if all of the country's race problems have vanished. I do commend you for praising the fact that AA citizens have risen through hard work and character. Because there are many of your bretheren who say that is because of PC, racial preferences and AffAc.

Y'all can Blah Blah Blah all you want. Facts are facts. This country voted Obama TWICE. Sorry if that impacts your victimhood-based chosen identity.

[Anonymous]

So, if the KKK wanted to meet at the library and restrict the meeting to whites only, I take it that you'd have no problem with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was not aware that BLM meetings did not allow white people to participate:

http://www.newschannel5.com/news/groups-color-only-rule-keeps-them-from-using-library

Are local libraries and meeting spaces aware of this?

The Bureau of Land Management allows people of all races to attend meetings.

So does Black Labs Matter!

[Anonymous]

looks like we have come full circle, can the whites now apply for affirmative action status in college applications?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, Canadian PP.

It's also hard to give concrete examples of racism where blacks are excluded because it is everywhere. It isn't that a certain place has a policy. It is that it is widespread implied minorities aren't welcome, be it due to the political nature of the event (i.e. Trump rallies), or how the people involved act. Racism against minorities is institutionalized. It isn't a one-off exclusion like this.

Oh please. Your argument was a lot more plausible 50 years ago.

But now we have a half African-American president of the United States who was fairly elected (twice) and AA citizens who've risen to all levels of government and society through hard work and the content of their character.

You will have to do better than: "well I can't think of a single example, but it's pervasive in America!" (but not Canada apparently).

+1

Y'all can "+1" all you want but some things ARE true. The "criticism" that this POTUS has gotten has been unprecedented in both scope AND tone. A lot of it is race-based but disguised as poltical disagreement. So let's not act as if all of the country's race problems have vanished. I do commend you for praising the fact that AA citizens have risen through hard work and character. Because there are many of your bretheren who say that is because of PC, racial preferences and AffAc.

Y'all can Blah Blah Blah all you want. Facts are facts. This country voted Obama TWICE. Sorry if that impacts your victimhood-based chosen identity.

LOL!! That's funny. I am no victim but even I think it is nonsense to say that racism in this country has vanished becausse a AA was elected POTUS. If anything, people are a lot more vocal about it - albeit in different ways and using different code words. Heck, all you have do is read some of the threads here in DCUM to see that. I will admit that things have changed and racism is a lot less overt than what it once was - but it is a bit delusional to say that we have solved the race problem. In fact, there are many Cons who feel that the POTUS has been divisive on this front. So...go figure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, if the KKK wanted to meet at the library and restrict the meeting to whites only, I take it that you'd have no problem with that.

Sure wouldn't. I have not met a AA yet who wants to attend a KKK meeting. Our attendance at one has traditionally been involuntary and not worked out so well for us.

So they can have their meeting if they want. I can also stand outside and protest if I want to.

That being said, BLM has not been an exclusionary movement so I am bit surprised about the local chapter's position in this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:looks like we have come full circle, can the whites now apply for affirmative action status in college applications?

I have never seen "affirmative action status" on a college app - so how would that work?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone see the paradox of all this?
The predominant cry of many whites is that blacks need to get their <bleep> together stop depending on whites - but they're the first ones fuming at the mouth when blacks try to get together on their own and organize.
Go figure.