Racist BLM policy causes ejection from library

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

That is probably that groups policy. Many BLM groups allow white people.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand your question about whether local libraries and meeting spaces are aware of it. If they are, so what? BLM has the right to exclude anyone it wants.

[Anonymous]

I don't think white people are being excluded from the entire library. Presumably someone holding a meeting at a library doesn't have to open it to everyone in the world just to hold it there. What if a moms group wanted to exclude single men from their meetings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think white people are being excluded from the entire library. Presumably someone holding a meeting at a library doesn't have to open it to everyone in the world just to hold it there. What if a moms group wanted to exclude single men from their meetings?

Did you even read the article or the library's standing policy?

Yes, a moms group meeting at the library would need to allow singlr men to attend if they want to use the library.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand your question about whether local libraries and meeting spaces are aware of it. If they are, so what? BLM has the right to exclude anyone it wants.

No they cannot exclude anyone they want IF they are using taxpayer funded public spaces like library meeting rooms.

Would you be OK with the KKK using your local library for meetings?

[Anonymous]

Not sure why a single man would want to sit in on a mom's meeting. And I don't know why a white person would want to attend a BLM meeting. Both seems needless hostile and provocative to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why a single man would want to sit in on a mom's meeting. And I don't know why a white person would want to attend a BLM meeting. Both seems needless hostile and provocative to me.

I can see why a father might want to attend a mom's group, but not a childless person. I can see why a white person migh want to attend a BLM meeting, and I can see why a BLM group might want to exclude them, but as they've discovered, they can't exclude anyone from a library. Now they've gone to a church where they can exclude people.

[Anonymous]

OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

Just curious - can you give an example of a white “exclusionary” meeting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

Just curious - can you give an example of a white “exclusionary” meeting?

Are you serious with that question? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

Just curious - can you give an example of a white “exclusionary” meeting?

Are you serious with that question? Really?

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

So, have you ever been to Tennessee, or are you just making things up now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

Just curious - can you give an example of a white “exclusionary” meeting?

Are you serious with that question? Really?

Yep.

NP here. I also want to know.

Give examples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is misleading. Faux news style.

The TN chapter wanted to host meeting with people of color only (including non blacks). The library alerted them that they can't discriminate in their meetings in publicly funded space.

I support what BLM stands for. Although The BLM chapter opposed this view, I actually think it's a reasonable request by the library. I also think it's perfectly fine that the BLM chapter have a meeting with only people of color. They just need to find a different space to do it. During the civil rights movement, people met in people's homes and in churches. That same model would be appropriate today.

Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl. There are plenty of whites involved in the movement, but I also know in a place like TN you are probably more likely to find a daily caller-like troll in your meeting recording and twisiting the narrative then you would an empathetic white person.

Just curious - can you give an example of a white “exclusionary” meeting?

Are you serious with that question? Really?

Yep.

NP here. I also want to know.

Give examples.

With all the information that is accessible today on the history of our nation and the treatment of blacks, even in today's times, the fact that you are asking these basic questions says to me that any discussion of this matter will be an exercise in futility and will not be constructive. I say this as a Canadian white person who struggles with the fact that soooo many Americans remain ignorant of basic history and lack general empathy on matters relating to minorities of color.

You are free to believe "whites-only" meetings, either explicitly, or through other societal/structurally built-in factors, do not occur and I'm making it up. You are also free to believe TN and and it's people/government have a rich history of treating blacks fairly.