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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.

Are you a Canadian white person who is living or has lived in TN? Certainly TN has a history of segregation and racism. They also have some progressive whites -- remember that flyer about language sent out at UT?

http://wate.com/2015/08/27/ut-knoxville-encourages-students-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns/

I'm pretty sure PP went crying back to Canada because we challenged her viewpoint and showed her that America and Americans are not as racist as she wants so desperately to believe.

Looking down on the U.S. is a national past time in Canada

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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.

So, I am guessing that you cannot give any examples.
Thanks.

I am pretty sure Klan meetings don't allow Black people. I'm also sure White Supre meetings don't allow Black people. However, I did go to BLM meeting in DC last week at Busboys and Poets and there were white people there AND WELCOMED.

And, this is the comment to which I asked for example of white exclusionary meetings:

"Whites have exclusionary meetings all the time and no one cries fowl.”

So, what you are saying is that no one cries fowl to meetings of the Klan and White Supremacists?
You are wrong.

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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.

Are you a Canadian white person who is living or has lived in TN? Certainly TN has a history of segregation and racism. They also have some progressive whites -- remember that flyer about language sent out at UT?

http://wate.com/2015/08/27/ut-knoxville-encourages-students-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns/

Anonymous wrote:i still don't understand what birds have to do with this.

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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.

So, I am guessing that you cannot give any examples.
Thanks.

I am pretty sure Klan meetings don't allow Black people. I'm also sure White Supre meetings don't allow Black people. However, I did go to BLM meeting in DC last week at Busboys and Poets and there were white people there AND WELCOMED.

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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

So, I am guessing that you cannot give any examples.
Thanks.

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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.

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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.