01-22-2004, 05:51 AM
Mithrandir,Jan 22 2004, 01:46 PM Wrote:The lounge is called something along the lines of "The Minority Lounge"Unfortunately I must be brief :(
Yes, my friends who were kicked out of the lounge based upon their skin color were indeed Caucasian, but that is honestly only a part of the point.
But I have done nothing wrong, there is no reason I should have to pay for events that occurred 50+ years ago with which I do not even begin to agree with in the first place.
To your original point, you have not had to 'pay' as you state. You have been denied access, much as the same way a male would be denied access to a female toilet, or a young person is denied the pension.
At my University we have a similar thing, and also a 'female lounge' (a place for breastfeeding mothers). Do you think that mothers would be comfortable breastfeeding in front of males?
I do however agree with you that it is sad that *some* members of *some* minority groups sit around waiting for a hand out for things done 150 years ago (NZ), but as far as I recall the U.S. was still segregated into the 1970s?