Is the Chevy Chase Club Racist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pres Obama joined Columbia. The local country clubs stopped being racist years ago but many people are still bitter. Consider not being one of those people.


https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/10/06/obama-will-join-columbia-country-club-in-chevy-chase/

We’ve been to several events @ CC and everyone is treated with respect and warmth. I wouldn’t skip an event there that would be irrational and ridiculous.

Pres Obama chose to live in ultrawhite Kalorama, so not sure his example is terribly relevant to OP.

Right. He should be living in a manse in PG , right?

Walk the talk and all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obama was President too and look where we are as a country now. His presence doesn't cure a place of racism.

The country gave him two chances, and he screwed us all.

[Anonymous]

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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 does not belong to Columbia Country Club. Before Chevy, he belonged to Congressional.

[Anonymous]

It's a wedding, so it will be just guests from the wedding. Do you think random club members, racist or not, are going to saunter in and crash the wedding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a wedding, so it will be just guests from the wedding. Do you think random club members, racist or not, are going to saunter in and crash the wedding?

You never know.

They may take your GF away.

[Anonymous]

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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 does not belong to Columbia Country Club. Before Chevy, he belonged to Congressional.

The Blaseys - now THEY belong to Columbia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obama was President too and look where we are as a country now. His presence doesn't cure a place of racism.

The country gave him two chances, and he screwed us all.

He saved us from another depression. The president we have now is screwing us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean of course it's still racist but I'm sure they have some black people and jews now. It's 2018. An Old might hand your wife an empty glass but no one will say anything out loud.

The whole neighborhood is deeply and structurally racist. That was the point of the neighborhood. It's its raison d'etre. Not that long ago! The Old at the wedding will remember. But a lot of the people who live there are perfectly nice.

You sound ageist. And ignorant of the current dynamics there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

How is pointing out a fact in any way negative? Do you see it as negative? Does Justice Kavanaugh see it as negative? Presumably, he and his family see this as a positive family tradition.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If you have a membership at Chevy you’re not “UMC” any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You must have a really high bar for “racist.”

Yes, I’ve been there. I grew up in the village.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obama was President too and look where we are as a country now. His presence doesn't cure a place of racism.

The country gave him two chances, and he screwed us all.

He saved us from another depression. The president we have now is screwing us

No he didn’t, the Fed did. Current guy may not be up to any good but that is not relevant to what President Obama did or didn’t do.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I know it wasn't just that neighborhood, jerk. I know the history of this area very well thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I know it wasn't just that neighborhood, jerk. I know the history of this area very well thank you!

I'll add that CC is unique because it was created by a well known racist. Others areas in DC don't have that exact same history asshole.

[Anonymous]

the favorite color at all of those clubs is...GREEN.
yes, they excluded people based on race and religion in the past, but now it's all about $$. And that does not necessarily correlate to class btw.
-Jewish mc professional married to an aa PhD (not members anywhere but our local gym)