This Equity/Equality Crap is So Tiring

[abbey1227]

Yahoo News
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse defends membership in exclusive beach club: 'A long tradition in Rhode Island'
Dylan Stableford·Senior Writer  Mon, June 21, 2021, 2:15 PM

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who has been one of the most outspoken senators on the issue of systemic racism, was questioned by a local news reporter over the weekend about his family’s longtime membership in a private beach club described as “all white.”

In Pawtucket, R.I., Friday, Whitehouse was approached by a reporter from GoLocalProv.com who asked if Bailey’s Beach Club in Newport had admitted any minority members since the publication first asked the senator about it in 2017.

“I think the people who are running the place are still working on that,” Whitehouse replied. “And I’m sorry it hasn’t happened yet.”

Pressed about the apparent hypocrisy of his vocal condemnation of systemic racism while maintaining a decades-long membership in the exclusive club, Whitehouse said, “It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island, and there are many of them, and I think we just need to work our way through the issues.”

A spokeswoman for the senator said Monday that the club “has no such restrictive policy.”

“The club has had and has members of color,” Meaghan McCabe, Whitehouse’s senior communications adviser, told Yahoo News. “The senator has dedicated his entire career to promoting equity and protecting civil rights, as his record shows.”

In January, Whitehouse introduced a bill to establish a commission to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans.

“The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies,” reads the proposed bill, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee.

According to its website, Bailey’s Beach Club, also known as Spouting Rock Beach Association, is an exclusive private club that offers members and their guests “lunch and dinner service daily, as well as two full service bars, swimming pool, tennis courts, and nearly a 1/4 mile of private beach front.”

According to GoLocalProv.com, Whitehouse and his wife have been members of the club for decades, and his wife is one of its largest shareholders.

In a 2003 New York Times profile, a lifelong member was asked about the club’s membership.

“Jewish, yes,” the member replied. “Blacks, not really.”

www.yahoo.com/news/sen-whitehouse-exclusive-beach-club-long-tradition-baileys-beach-newport-ri-191548576.html

1. It's funny cuz of his name.

2. It's pathetic because it could simply be a matter of the surrounding neighborhood or differing interests. Are there no clubs or organizations in this country that have no white people?

[Prometheus]

1. You say "funny." I say, "Ironic."

2. Considering that that section of Newport is famous for all of the "cottages" of the elite of the Gilded Age, you have a point. However, people might not care so much were the public section of the beach not called "Reject's Beach."

[abbey1227]

Jun 22, 2021 2:55:24 GMT Prometheus said:

1. You say "funny." I say, "Ironic."

2. Considering that that section of Newport is famous for all of the "cottages" of the elite of the Gilded Age, you have a point. However, people might not care so much were the public section of the beach not called "Reject's Beach."

1. Ambiguity is still the Devil's volleyball. Ironic can be funny......and often times not

2. I'd suspect we could find millions of wealthy blacks, browns, reds, yellows, etc in the US...... just cuz they CHOOSE not to hang out in Rhode Island doesn't necessarily tell me we should have some sort of investigation and equity plan. I also wonder why so much of this stuff is a one-way street? I'm certain there are many areas all over the world that you'd immediately be profiled and possibly attacked just for being there.

[Prometheus]

Jun 22, 2021 3:51:57 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 22, 2021 2:55:24 GMT Prometheus said:

1. You say "funny." I say, "Ironic."

2. Considering that that section of Newport is famous for all of the "cottages" of the elite of the Gilded Age, you have a point. However, people might not care so much were the public section of the beach not called "Reject's Beach."

1. Ambiguity is still the Devil's volleyball. Ironic can be funny......and often times not

2. I'd suspect we could find millions of wealthy blacks, browns, reds, yellows, etc in the US...... just cuz they CHOOSE not to hang out in Rhode Island doesn't necessarily tell me we should have some sort of investigation and equity plan. I also wonder why so much of this stuff is a one-way street? I'm certain there are many areas all over the world that you'd immediately be profiled and possibly attacked just for being there.

1. I chuckled but did not guffaw

2. I get where you're coming from: POC insist that they be allowed amongst the white folk while creating their own "spaces" to be "safe" from said white folk. It's gross hypocrisy and rank racism.

I'm white and I seriously doubt that I'd be accepted as a member... not that I'd ever apply and pay a fee to be surrounded by a bunch of arrogant fucktards....

[abbey1227]

Jun 22, 2021 8:45:00 GMT Prometheus said:

1. I chuckled but did not guffaw

2. I get where you're coming from: POC insist that they be allowed amongst the white folk while creating their own "spaces" to be "safe" from said white folk. It's gross hypocrisy and rank racism.

I'm white and I seriously doubt that I'd be accepted as a member... not that I'd ever apply and pay a fee to be surrounded by a bunch of arrogant fucktards....

1. it's been awhile since I guffawed at a news story. Mostly I giggle at word choices.

2. THAT's where I find you fascinating and odd. You're totally aware of how many people do have flagrantly racist views and behaviors. You've also seen it in every shade under the Sun. That's all I'm pretty much getting at when I'm not surprised by it from anyone...........but I don't buy into such crass and nonsensical arguments for hate and bigotry. I still believe there are a million other reasons to dislike your fellow human beings that are wayyyyyyyyy more legitimate excuses. 

Exactly. Very strange clubs, organizations and other activities that hold no interest to most people.......even those with the means. But at the same time, this obsession with 'diversity' in any and all things? These are basically crazy people pushing this stuff.......and we used to just ignore crazy people. At least, when it comes to the homeless they have.