golfing while black
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Golfing While Black: Women Who Had the Cops Called on Them for Playing Too Slowly File Discrimination Lawsuit
Two black women who had the cops called on them at a Pennsylvania golf course in 2018 for allegedly playing “too slow” can now move forward with a racial and gender discrimination lawsuit against the course’s owners. Myneca Ojo and Karen Crosby filed a federal lawsuit against Brew Vino LLC, owners of the Grandview Golf…
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Tiger Woods Is Back!
On Sunday Tiger Woods secured his fifth Masters win at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, marking what even casual golf fans have to acknowledge is one of sports’ most inspiring comebacks. The news of Woods’ 15th major title—and his first in 11 years—is a sweet (if not shocking) ending to a rough journey.…
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Man Who Called Cops on Black Women Golfing: ‘Other Than Her Mouth, There’s Not Any Weapons’
A man who called police on a group of black women golfing at a Pennsylvania club told dispatchers that he wasn’t being racist, but in the same breath told them that there weren’t any weapons “other than her mouth.” Ah, the lovely intersection of racism and sexism. Recently released 911 calls posted by the York…