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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This would be a great human interest story for WaPo. Clubs like this are reliable reinforcements for systemic racism. Things like warm intros, unpaid internships, monetary gifts and no-interest loans are born in environments like this. The relationships and carefully nurtured and cultivated, so much so that you don’t even realize it. Black people have historically been excluded and actively discouraged from joining groups like this for decades, likely via violent means in years past. If you think your parents and forefathers didn’t know what they were doing and how to best enforce their intimidation I have a bridge to sell you.

Yet people In this thread are wondering why black people are still unwilling to join though the current members come from the same families, the same neighborhoods, go to the same schools and work in the same companies as their forefathers who birthed and nourished the culture and intimidated our parents.

When you guys (meaning you privileged whites) are serious about tackling systemic racism, you will talk about your affirmative action. Meaning birthrights to clubs like these, down payments for homes as wedding gifts, let alone inheritances that the rest of us could only dream of, coming from African countries that were exploited Europe and the US and from American families that were only granted the opportunity to pursue a free education in the US without risk of life or limb within the last generation.

WaPo... this is a story. If you’re listening.[/quote]

I think the way they keep black people out is through the initiation fees.  It must cost at least $150K to join now, plus monthly fees.  I'm black and we used to live in CC.  Quite a few of our neighbors were members of Columbia CC.  It was fascinating because at the time (2002 - 2006), fees were $60K for a regular membership and $30K if you were under 35.  I felt like people in the know knew to join early however $3K at that time was no joke either.[/quote]

Keep in mind that 99+% of non-black families are excluded from CCs not because of racism but because of fees and/or lack of social connections needed to join.  These people also lack access to the internships, loans, connections, etc. that membership offers.  The issue is a lot broader than racism.  It speaks more to the growing wealth and class divide the cycle whereby the rich keep getting richer and the rest are left behind.
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