Sunday, March 06, 2016

Trump insisted on including Jews and blacks at Palm Beach golf course in 1990s

Trump insisted on including Jews and blacks at Palm Beach golf course in 1990s - NetRight Daily
“When Donald opened his club in Palm Beach called Mar-a-Lago, he insisted on accepting Jews and blacks even though other clubs in Palm Beach to this day discriminate against blacks and Jews. 
The old guard in Palm Beach was outraged that Donald would accept blacks and Jews so that’s the real Donald Trump that I know.”
...So Trump shot back with maximum effect.
As reported by the Washington Post’s Mary Jordan and Rosalind Helderman on Nov. 14, 2015: “Trump undercut his adversaries with a searing attack, claiming that local officials seemed to accept the established private clubs in town that had excluded Jews and blacks while imposing tough rules on his inclusive one.”
The Washington Post report continues, “Trump’s lawyer sent every member of the town council copies of two classic movies about discrimination: ‘A Gentleman’s Agreement,’ about a journalist who pretends to be Jewish to expose anti-Semitism, and ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ about a white couple’s reaction to their daughter bringing home a black fiancĂ©.”
Sometimes, in judging the character of an individual, it pays to see what people actually do when nobody’s really paying attention.
When it came to segregation in the South at private, all-white country clubs, it might have been in Trump’s business interests to simply look the other way. 
Instead, Trump did the right thing and insisted on desegregation at his golf resort.
And he won.
Soon thereafter, the local restrictions were lifted and, today, the golf course is open and remains inclusive..."

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