Women say they faced racial, gender discrimination at central Pa. golf course

[hexola]

Source: York Daily Record

Five African-American women say the ownership and staff at Grandview Golf Club in Dover Township discriminated against them based on their color and gender during an incident at the course on Saturday.

The women — Sandra Thompson, 50; Myneca Ojo, 56; sisters Sandra Harrison, 59, and Carolyn Dow, 56, and Karen Crosby, 58 — were at first told they were not keeping the pace of play by former York County Commissioner Steve Chronister, who they said told them he was the club's owner.

Later, the women were told they had taken too long of a break between the first and second halves of the course. They were then asked to leave, offered their membership money refunded, and the police were called.

Read more: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2018/04/22/women-claim-racial-gender-discrimination-dover-township-golf-course/540439002/

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Nice - check out the idiots in some of the videos...

Even better - one of the group is President of the York NAACP...!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Outrageous!! I GUARAN-DAMN-TEE you non-minorities are not asked to leave with police being called.

[MrQRO]

10. I am suprised .... NOT

Having grown up in wonderful York, PA.

I know exactly what these privileged a$$holes were thinking...
Those folks in front of us are...a) Women, b)Black. c)I'm someone important, and related to the owner....

Therefore, we can do what we want! If they don't conform, we can make a stink, and we're in the "right"!

York Co. was the "Klan Capitol" of PA. when I left there, so that should tell you something!
I bailed out of that bigoted, small minded, backwater, in 1984... and never looked back!!

I hope these ladies nail those stupid bigots to a barn wall!!! They all deserve it!
Dumb ass, small minded, bigoted, morons!

MrQRO

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Offered their MEMBERSHIPS back? Whoa, now THAT is a BIG difference than

green fees for the day.

This implies they are members and after (worst case scenario, believing the golf club) one incident they are being asked to leave the club MEMBERSHIP!

WOW

Can someone confirm if it was a membership vs green fees, as in this is a private club not a municipal course?

from link

Grandview currently has 2400 members.

Let me ASSURE you this is UNHEARD of to want to throw them out of the CLUB, not off the course for that round but out of the club.

Racism and misogyny 101, I have heard enough.

[hexola]

3. The fat white guys with beers are soooo typical central PA racist assholes

They are EVERYWHERE...

For some reason Central/South Central identifies with Dixie...

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. You seem to know the area, so this is a combination of women dont belong on the course

in the first place and black women just piss these guys off no matter what they do.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. Seriously... hope they sue the shit out of those aholes!

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Next time someone says economic and racial issues are equally important or

whatever it is that group of people in the progressive movement says, one could use this example among thousands of others as to why RACIAL issues are FIRST and foremost and must be addressed with priority above ALL others.

[robbob]

5. I have a question:

Please don’t jump on me, but were they playing as a 5-some? Because that really isn’t kosher on a golf course: 4 teeing off is the max.

That being said, from what I read they were keeping up with the group ahead of them, and that’s really all you can do.

[hexola]

6. From the article

On Saturday, the group had a 10:08 a.m. tee time but was delayed nearly an hour because of frost on the course, said Thompson, president of the York branch of the NAACP.

As the last member to arrive, and realizing that a fifth member might pose a problem — typically, golf groups are four at most — Thompson asked a clerk if it was OK that she join the other four. No problem, she was told.

Around 11, the group teed off. At the second hole, Ojo and Crosby said that Steve Chronister spoke with them.

[robbob]

7. Thanks; I should have taken the time to read the article!

It’s certainly no excuse for racist behaviour!

[galapagos]

8. Steve Chronister

Steve Chronister is a former County Commissioner who refused to give up his real estate job while working as a commissioner. He collected a large salary while skipping meetings. Can you guess what part he belongs to?

[dalton99a]

9. Club is backing off apology for calling the cops

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-golf-women-police-20180424-story.html
Group of black female golfers feels club is backing off initial apology for calling the cops on them
By Chuck Schilken
Apr 24, 2018 | 12:30 PM

A Pennsylvania golf club has released two statements following an incident Saturday that resulted in the police being called in connection with a group of African American club members, all of them women, who were accused of taking too long while playing and refusing requests to leave the course.

The first statement from Grandview Golf Club was issued Sunday. It expressed regret over the situation, stating, "Our team is very sorry for any interaction that may have made any member feel uncomfortable."

The second statement came a day later and seems to have a different tone. There is no apology or mention of regret. Instead, it states: "In the past players who have not followed the rules, specifically pace of play, have voluntarily left at our request as our scorecard states. In this instance, the members refused to leave so we called police to ensure an amicable result."

Carolyn Dow, one of the five women in the group, told the York Daily Record on Tuesday, "I don't know why they changed their story."

[Blue_Tires]

13. Whiteness at work...