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Banned From Indian Fitness Center Because They're White
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Race; Posted on: 2009-04-04 05:09:48 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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"We enjoyed using the tribal fitness
center because there was never anybody in there."
Effective Monday April 6th Half a dozen health seeking patrons of the
Lakeport Tribal fitness center were banned from returning to the
facility solely on the basis of their European ancestry. The fact that
they were allowed to begin a fitness program was allegedly due to a
temporary lack of adhesion to tribal eligibility codes by clinic staff
although the recommendation to use the facility was issued by several
employed doctors of the clinic. According to the six discrimination
victims, their privileges were revoked due to complaints from
recognized tribal member not on the basis of any notable disturbance or
character conduct but solely on the ethnic makeup of the European
American women.
During the interview some of the ladies giggled in response to quip
humor describing the service as "Indian giving" while giving
understanding to the tribes needs and why they have in place policies
that protect their best interests. The general consensus of the
effectively banned women resonated the following statement.
"We
hold little grievance against the tribe for securing a location for
their own people, for their own behalf. Instead the grievance we share
is that the equality which is promoted by our schools secured us no
reservation for our culture, our heritage or habitable domain for lake
county's majority demographic. We enjoyed using the tribal fitness
center because there was never anybody in there."
Note Tribal qualifications for membership can be found here.
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