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I asked whether it is actually limited to whites or whether it is self-selecting this way, and you seem to think this question is illegitimate somehow. OK. Unl

I asked whether it is actually limited to whites or whether it is self-selecting this way, and you seem to think this question is illegitimate somehow. OK. Unlike reading clubs, yachting clubs, AA etc. there seems to be just nothing else that brings these people together. Maybe you know what it is? (I am not American myself but I recall there is a significant percentage of non-white people yet I saw zero on photos of the club in this article. There is clearly a nostalgic vibe throughout the text, the question is how far it goes.) PS. Feel free to explain what does using a throwaway have to do with it if you want. This acc is the one I'm logged in atm but also yes I don't want to implicate my main in controversial topics like this if tides turn and bringing up these questions is again prosecuted with something more than downvotes on HN. I have been following you for a while and didn't expect you to be pro real name policies.

stavros 4y ago
I'm not pro real name policies, it just seems very unlikely that a group in this day and age would ban specific races from attending. Given that, and the fact that the account is a throwaway, it's a priori more likely that it's a troll trying to stir up a flame war than an actual question. Maybe the article photographers had a bias for white people, that would be more plausible, but I can't see how any group today (that isn't explicitly a racist/extremist group) would ban races from its members.
- throwaway290 4y ago
  It could discourage them without explicit banning though. But then I guess it would be news if this was true, so fair enough. Addendum: To be clear I do not support forced racial equity / reverse racism, but considering the history I would expect article authors to make a bit of extra effort to show diversity on photos if there is any (and if there is none it just begs the question, no offense).
  - stavros 4y ago
    Yeah, I guess they could. I hope not, but then again I don't know anything about this club...
sgt 4y ago
You're being downvoted for just being unnecessary. Also, there's nothing wrong with a group of only-white people doing something. That doesn't mean that they don't welcome non-whites.
DiggyJohnson 4y ago
Because the idea that they have a white-only policy is profoundly ridiculous.
- tanseydavid 4y ago
  ...and because if it were the case, we would have likely already heard all about it.

stavros 4y ago

I'm not pro real name policies, it just seems very unlikely that a group in this day and age would ban specific races from attending. Given that, and the fact that the account is a throwaway, it's a priori more likely that it's a troll trying to stir up a flame war than an actual question. Maybe the article photographers had a bias for white people, that would be more plausible, but I can't see how any group today (that isn't explicitly a racist/extremist group) would ban races from its members.

throwaway290 4y ago
It could discourage them without explicit banning though. But then I guess it would be news if this was true, so fair enough. Addendum: To be clear I do not support forced racial equity / reverse racism, but considering the history I would expect article authors to make a bit of extra effort to show diversity on photos if there is any (and if there is none it just begs the question, no offense).
- stavros 4y ago
  Yeah, I guess they could. I hope not, but then again I don't know anything about this club...

sgt 4y ago

You're being downvoted for just being unnecessary. Also, there's nothing wrong with a group of only-white people doing something. That doesn't mean that they don't welcome non-whites.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago

Because the idea that they have a white-only policy is profoundly ridiculous.

tanseydavid 4y ago
...and because if it were the case, we would have likely already heard all about it.