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No, I'm not kidding, though it could be an Onion piece.
Yes, this is how far and how deep this kind of racism and bias goes, and, btw, how fucking stupid people are, because there's some indication the idiot who called the cops at the private golf course knew he was calling them to oust a lawyer who happens to be the president of the local chapter of the NAACP. Good move, fuckwit.
Five women, including the aforementioned lawyer, booked a tee time at the club, at which they are all members. Their time was delayed by weather, as was presumably everyone's around then. They teed off, played through, with a foursome behind them who never, not once, came up against them. By the second hole, someone in charge came up and told the women they were moving too slowly. They're all well-experienced golfers. They skipped the third hole. They were again told they were too slow. They took a break after the first nine, three left, the other two went back to the course but were told their break was too long, they should vacate the premises, and the cops had been called.
One member of the foursome playing behind them corroborates the women's version of events at the bottom of the excerpt of the NYT piece. --
Yes, this is how far and how deep this kind of racism and bias goes, and, btw, how fucking stupid people are, because there's some indication the idiot who called the cops at the private golf course knew he was calling them to oust a lawyer who happens to be the president of the local chapter of the NAACP. Good move, fuckwit.
Five women, including the aforementioned lawyer, booked a tee time at the club, at which they are all members. Their time was delayed by weather, as was presumably everyone's around then. They teed off, played through, with a foursome behind them who never, not once, came up against them. By the second hole, someone in charge came up and told the women they were moving too slowly. They're all well-experienced golfers. They skipped the third hole. They were again told they were too slow. They took a break after the first nine, three left, the other two went back to the course but were told their break was too long, they should vacate the premises, and the cops had been called.
One member of the foursome playing behind them corroborates the women's version of events at the bottom of the excerpt of the NYT piece. --
In Ms. Thompson’s video, Jordan Chronister can be seen saying, “Congratulations, you’re a real winner,” adding, “Remove yourself from our premises within the next five minutes, please.”
“The authorities have been called,” another man said.
“Back off,” Steve Chronister told his son on camera. “This is what she wants. This is what she does for a living.”
Ms. Thompson said that the group had completed nine holes in two hours. Not only were they playing on pace, the sole group playing behind them had also not been impeded, she said. That group can be seen on the video, taking a break before teeing off.
“They were not rushing,” she said. “They were out, just like we were, out having a good day. They were leisurely.”
Both Ms. Thompson and Ms. Ojo said that the group behind them had not complained. In fact, Ms. Thompson added, one of the men from that group “came to us and told us how outraged he was at our treatment.”
One of those golfers, Damen Carter-Mann, told The Daily Record on Wednesday that the women kept up the pace the entire game. “Not one time,” he said, “did we catch up with those ladies.” He described them as nice and professional.
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