How many times have we pointed out the racism of minorities by reversing situations? For example, it’s OK for a “person of color” to shout, “Black power!” But woe be unto a white person who does the same thing. You can’t. That’s racist. And consider all the countless groups that are created as black only “safe spaces,” etc. We all know what would happen if a white person were to create a whites only “safe space.” It would probably end up on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of terrorist organizations, some Antifa douche bag would dox you, and the FBI would be watching.
But that’s what a woman did on Meetup. As an experiment, she created a hoax white only yoga group. And the proverbial poop has hit the fan.
Why this woman’s ‘White Women Yoga’ Meetup event was cancelled
A US woman who tried to set up a white women-only yoga group via Meetup says she did it to highlight the popular group-hosting app’s “blatant racism”.
The event was a hoax created by host Pat Brown — who later revealed she was not looking for a yoga group to join as she “does not particularly enjoy yoga” — to “allow space for white women to gather in the name of yoga”.
In the event description, Ms Brown said attendees could expect to be “surrounded by the supportive community of white people, white yoga instructors, and all around safe white spaces”.
Ms Brown said she created the Meetup after tweeting the group hosting app and complaining about being “locked out of many of dozens of groups in my area because the organisers label the groups as black, African-American, mahogany, people of colour, etc”.
She added: “This seems to be a way of keeping white people from joining.
Because it is.
“These women’s groups, travel groups, photography groups, etc. which should have no need to attach race to joining requirements.
“I’d like to know why Meetup is allowing this blatant racism, which is against policy.”
The Meetup Support account responded: “Meetup fosters communities of people centred on shared interests or common identities.
“Meetup is a diverse community and group identities can be centred around gender, race, religion, political affiliations, or language, among many other things.”
And in the spirit of righteous politically correct hypocrisy . . .
A spokesman for Meetup confirmed the event had been removed from the platform.
The spokesman told Insider: “Meetup takes the integrity and safety of our community very seriously.
“We expect that every Meetup group follow our Community Guidelines.
“This group was removed when we determined it did not adhere to these policies.”
Prior to its removal, the event sparked a swift backlash on social media.
And the backlash isn’t just restricted to social media. According to Brown on her website, “I, myself, have started this group along with White Women Walkers and Caucasian Camera Buffs. Horrified? So are many others who are outraged – Black and White and Asian and Hispanic – the hate mail pours in and the angry mob is telling Meetup to take down these racist groups and even contacting the NAACP and CNN and MSNBC and television stations local to DC to inform them of these hate groups, especially White Women Yoga which seems to be getting people the most upset (after all, yoga was started in India by Brown people).”
Ah, yes. That old cultural appropriation thing. That got one of the nitwits over, Maiysha Kai, at The Root’s knickers all in a twist. “. . . she clearly doesn’t understand how racism works (aside from ignoring the obvious, which is that yoga is an Indian practice appropriated and already overpopulated with white women). She’s outraged about white woman practicing Yoga and yet her hair looks like this . . .
. . . So get over it, hypocritical bitch.
Ms Brown was criticised for failing to understand the point of safe spaces for minority groups, with other users questioning her alleged inability to find a yoga group she could join in Washington DC, where the hoax event was slated to go ahead.
And Kai was one of those. She also stated that “reverse racism’ doesn’t exist.
“. . . Why PoC groups exist and are, to many, psycho-social lifelines in the face of real racism (not the “reverse racism” Brown has manufactured because for the 5,012th time, that’s not a real thing).”
Which is true. There isn’t reverse racism. It’s just racism. Period. No matter what race perpetrates it. She continued to blather on . . .
“As for exclusionary groups, perhaps Brown forgot about the exclusively white bastions of the Daughters of the American Revolution, first-wave feminism, any number of colleges until about the middle of the last century, or sororities, or country clubs, or …”
Oops! Two points here. The key phrase here is, “until about the middle of the last century.” So that’s the distant past. Again, way beyond time to get over it and move on. And secondly, as for the Daughters of the American Revolution being exclusively white . . .
Those two would be Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly Olivia Cousins. They are members of the Queens chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and they don’t exactly look lily-white to me. If you’re going to point out where racism exits, check your facts first and make sure it really does dwell there. To quote the Great Orange One, “You are fake news.”
Although it was a hoax, some refuse to accept it as such. The idiot Kai is one. She thinks Brown is just backpedaling now because of the outrage she’s received, stating, “Of course, Brown says she never intended for the event to actually take place.”
Here’s what proves Kai is wrong.
Brown says, “As the hate mail poured in about the White Women Yoga group, I was finishing up a month in India, touring schools with my Indian friends who run a charity which I support and sponsor poor children’s education. I am a mother of two biracial children and one black son.”
Oh, that racist bitch! I’m talking about Kai here, of course.
