Cheney raises money at club that used to exclude African-Americans.
By on Aug 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Cheney raises money at club that used to exclude African-Americans.
Vice President Dick Cheney attended a closed-door Republican fundraiser at the Shoal Creek Golf Club, which is “best known for protests over its all-white membership 18 years ago.” In 1990, “several major sponsors pulled advertising and black groups threatened pickets” when Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson said he “wouldn’t be pressured into accepting blacks as members ahead of that year’s PGA championship, held on Shoal Creek’s course.” After the controversy, “Shoal Creek accepted a black insurance executive as an honorary member” and now club officials say “four of its 600 members are black.”
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I would never belong to a club that would have me>
Golf/Country Clubs are as lame if not lamer than fraternities. Birds of a feather…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:53 pmIs there no better metaphor for the Republican party than a closed-door meeting to exchange large sums of money at an exclusive club that only grudgingly accepts a few token minorities?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:56 pm“Platinum” memberships include a free CD of “Prussian Blue….”
August 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm“four of its 600 members are black.”
– - They are all, no doubt, very articulate.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pmAre these clubs for grown ups or what ! Can’t allow women, can’t allow blacks, can’t allow Jews. I bet if Tiger Woods showed up he would get the red carpet treatment, but probably not allowed to join, like he would want too (not)
August 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pmDid they let Condiliar Rice in ?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:59 pmWhat about Colin Bowel?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:59 pm… So?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:00 pmWow — FOUR? That’s 2/3 of 1%! I wonder if this club puts them front and center as much as possible — sort of like the way the GOP does with minority delegates at their convention?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:00 pmIf any club allowed in Cheney, I would immediately worry about their integrity and judgement.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pmCheney raises money at club that used to exclude African-Americans
We have officialy reached the summer political news doldrums.
As it will likely last a while, with congress in recess, I hope everyone is fully stocked with Cheetos and Slim Jims.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pmAfter the controversy, “Shoal Creek accepted a black insurance executive as an honorary member” and now club officials say “four of its 600 members are black.”
this is, after all, what is wrong with the whole idea of Incrementalism. From 1 black fella in 1990 to 4, in 2008? the club will be wholly integrated in, lessee, 2103? That’s PRO-fuuking-GRESS!
August 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pm*Sigh*
“Officially”
And it isn’t even happy hour yet…
August 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pmWhere is the story?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pmtexaslady Says
August 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I bet if Tiger Woods showed up he would get the red carpet treatment, but probably not allowed to join, like he would want too (not)
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Back in the 1950’s, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, and other black performers weren’t permitted to sleep in the same Las Vegas hotels where they performed. Hopefully, we’ve made progress in the past half-century — such a policy would elicit outrage from most decent people of any color today.
To be fair, this club has supposedly been integrated since 1990. The fact that it is no longer segregated should count toward redemption. But I would sure feel better if I knew that the reason for such a low minority membership was due to a lack of interest among minorities to join, rather than tokenism.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pmThe story is as always, scared, monied people refuse to open their minds to the future.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm“four of its 600 members are black.”
And I would say that the efforts to include more black members have still not been very enthusiastic.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pmLook, people, if we’re gonna nail trolls to the wall for trying to smear Democrats with forty-year-old scandals, it’s hardly reasonable to criticize Darth Cheney for fund-raising at a club that excluded blacks eighteen years ago.
There’s plenty of real dirt to nail him on.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:12 pm@15, misshusseinmolly sez: I knew that the reason for such a low minority membership was due to a lack of interest among minorities to join, rather than tokenism.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I went to the website. Puros Blancos, y nada mas. The Club is THE PLACE in Birmingham…All the bidness types there belong. I bet there’s at least another four of five Kneegrows in Birmingham with the wherewithal to join…
August 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pmMaybe Darth is finding it more and more difficult to feel safe, so he has to go where there are only “his kind” in attendance.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:22 pmAlthough I agree with you Ralph, perhaps they were trying to help us locate him. He’s been MIA lately and that always worries people. Shadow government, er, I mean Continuity of Government and all…
August 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pmOT but I just saw the wackiest ad as a lead-in to a story on NewsMax. It was RadioShack and had a full size Repug elephant in it, with red white and blue bunting and all.
One more reason I won’t do business with those assklowns. They also are sponsors of weiner boy savage’s radio crapola.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm“… and now club officials say “four of its 600 members are black.”
Damn straight, and as soon as they’re thru doin’ the dishes, we’re gonna truck ‘em out here, so’s you’s kin’ see ‘em with yer own eyes…
August 1st, 2008 at 4:10 pmI hope one of them is a scratch golfer and wins the club championship.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:24 pmsome folks above got that the discrimination is ongoing. But I’m still surprised at how many of the posts above didn’t seem to get that even today, 4 out of 600 is 2/3 of one percent (the article didn’t say how many other “people of color” were members). The black population in American is rather considerably more.
Plus the country club is in Alabama – more like 27% Black
According to Wikipedia, the demographics for Birmingham (which the club is near) are:
The racial makeup of the city was 73.46% Black or African American, 24.07% White, 0.17% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.62% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:39 pm“After the controversy, “Shoal Creek accepted a black insurance executive as an honorary member” and now club officials say “four of its 600 members are black.””
God bless thier tiny little hearts…
August 1st, 2008 at 8:16 pmWow. They let in 4 – count ‘em!! FOUR African Americans!!
That’s mighty white of them.
/snark
August 1st, 2008 at 9:04 pm.006666 percent in 18 years? Now THAT’S progress, republican style!
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 am