The PG Pool is racist [MD]

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

How does it work? Government gives freebie to white racists and then tells its current majority minority population that they must continue to subsidize them? Is that how it works? Black and Brown people having their assets given away to white racists with no compensation or justice?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

Considering that the pool is so well off now, I think they should make a significant financial payment to the county to repay the debt to county taxpayers.

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What debt?

The free land that the county gave them to create an intentionally racially segregated pool in the 50s. How much is that unimproved land worth now? That’s how much the PG Pool owes as a debt to PG County. Otherwise, what is happening now is a continued subsidy from PG County tax payers to this pool which isn’t right.

The pool is open to anyone who applies to get on the wait list, no?

Lots of pools have 10 year wait lists.

If PG wants more pools, start asking your council persons to pay for county pools, or to grant money to a nonprofit to build them. Or maybe they can sell them land for $10.

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

Considering that the pool is so well off now, I think they should make a significant financial payment to the county to repay the debt to county taxpayers.

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What debt?

The free land that the county gave them to create an intentionally racially segregated pool in the 50s. How much is that unimproved land worth now? That’s how much the PG Pool owes as a debt to PG County. Otherwise, what is happening now is a continued subsidy from PG County tax payers to this pool which isn’t right.

The pool is open to anyone who applies to get on the wait list, no?

Lots of pools have 10 year wait lists.

If PG wants more pools, start asking your council persons to pay for county pools, or to grant money to a nonprofit to build them. Or maybe they can sell them land for $10 to open a segregated pool.

ftfy

[Anonymous]

Casually browsing the website, there appears to be way more than zero black and brown people at this pool. Have we heard from them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

How does it work? Government gives freebie to white racists and then tells its current majority minority population that they must continue to subsidize them? Is that how it works? Black and Brown people having their assets given away to white racists with no compensation or justice?

The city sold the property. How does the city continue to subsidize them?

In any case, minorities have been at the pool for the past 45 years and have equal access to membership. They are current members. This is a faux racial justice story.

[Anonymous]

How much does the PG Pool pay in property taxes?

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Anonymous wrote:How much does the PG Pool pay in property taxes?

Zero

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

How does it work? Government gives freebie to white racists and then tells its current majority minority population that they must continue to subsidize them? Is that how it works? Black and Brown people having their assets given away to white racists with no compensation or justice?

The city sold the property. How does the city continue to subsidize them?

In any case, minorities have been at the pool for the past 45 years and have equal access to membership. They are current members. This is a faux racial justice story.

Nothing like maintaining white privilege to get liberal progressives to start talking like Strom Thurmond.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much does the PG Pool pay in property taxes?

Zero

That’s ridiculous and false.

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Anonymous wrote:How much does the PG Pool pay in property taxes?

Zero

That’s ridiculous and false.

It has tax exempt status. All the private pools are going to be tax exempt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much does the PG Pool pay in property taxes?

Zero

That’s ridiculous and false.

It has tax exempt status. All the private pools are going to be tax exempt.

Uhm. No.

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

How does it work? Government gives freebie to white racists and then tells its current majority minority population that they must continue to subsidize them? Is that how it works? Black and Brown people having their assets given away to white racists with no compensation or justice?

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Anonymous wrote:Umm. It’s not a county pool. Anyone can sign up to join. I understand the racist history from 50+ years ago, but there are no legacy memberships handed down. Are there no publicly available county pools in the area? We live in DC and used to go to the indoor splash park in PG when our kids were little, paying the nonresident fees.

The pool is on public land.

It is not on public land.

The land the pool sits on was formerly public land that was provided for free to create an intentionally discriminatory pool community that excluded Black members.

Correct. The ‘Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County” sold over 6 acres of land to the PGP in 1956 for $10.

How many millions should the PG Pool owe PG County taxpayers for this?

That’s not how it works.

How does it work? Government gives freebie to white racists and then tells its current majority minority population that they must continue to subsidize them? Is that how it works? Black and Brown people having their assets given away to white racists with no compensation or justice?

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Nobody cared about any of this until there was a wait list. You have to see that white people are coopting the racial justice concept to try to jump the list.