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‘For Us, by Us’: Inside the New Social Spaces for People of Color
New York Times ^ | March 9, 2019 | Morgan Jerkins

Posted on 03/09/2019 12:19:37 PM PST by reaganaut1

Members access the space, located in Central Brooklyn, by having their fingers scanned and giving a passcode. Upon entering, they find a lounge, complete with couches, a barber chair and books on finance. The spiral staircase leads to an area with workstations.

Inside on a recent day, a man who works as a consultant helped five others get businesses certified. Another launched a campaign to run for City Council, engaging members to assist in outreach. An author presented research in a forum. The Gentlemen’s Factory brought them all together.

As one of the very few spaces in New York City exclusively for men of color, The Gentlemen’s Factory began as a middle ground between work and home for men who need a venue for networking and socializing.

“They’re going through a divorce, or they have mental health challenges, or they’re going on an interview but they don’t know how to ask for a salary increase,” said Jeff Lindor, the club’s founder. “There wasn’t an outlet for them to be.”

Mr. Lindor, clad in a custom-made Prince James suit (the designer is a Gentlemen’s Factory member) noted that members contribute to making the space their own, whether it’s the Malcolm X art above the leather sofa or the magazines near the coffee table.

Born in Petit-Goâve, Haiti, Mr. Lindor was raised in a Coney Island housing project. The son of non-English speaking immigrants, Mr. Lindor and his family were wedged between a wealthy, white community on one end of the neighborhood and an impoverished and predominantly black population on the other. He asked himself: Why does my community look like this? Why does blackness look like this?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blackmen; blacks; blackseparatists; civilrights; discrimination; doublestandards; klanwithatan; segregation
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To: reaganaut1

” ... a custom-made Prince James suit ... “

Hilarious


21 posted on 03/09/2019 1:04:33 PM PST by A strike (I DEMAND my responsibilities!)
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To: reaganaut1

Wow! When I was a kid “Colored Only” meant something quite different...yet held a certain similarity.


22 posted on 03/09/2019 1:08:43 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Welcome to the Police State)
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To: reaganaut1

All these idiots on the left still trying to make racing issue were fighting a losing battle

I will say loud and clear there is no such thing as race anymore

However there is sex - there are two of them


23 posted on 03/09/2019 1:10:28 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: euram

In Silicon Valley, all the immigrants segregate themselves. It’s created a horrendous civic place. All the Indians congregate; the Chinese congregate; the Afghanis congregate. Nobody mixes. They all chatter in their native languages. The Chinese all run Mandarin classes for their kids after school, perpetuating the segregation. Civic life as we knew it a few years ago is largely dead. It is awful.


24 posted on 03/09/2019 1:17:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

funny how they themselves are segregating themselves for “us”.

White folk “THE MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY” are not to have something that’s seen as exclusive to themselves it must be diversified, gender neutral, all inclusive and open for change in order to be acceptable by those minorities who are uhauled by this notion. If their demands are not met it will be eliminated, banned, labeled racist, and run out of town. One question, Why are we putting up with this garbage


25 posted on 03/09/2019 1:22:41 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: EEGator

Africa. The Islands. Wakanda. Wherever. Just GTFO, please.


26 posted on 03/09/2019 1:25:18 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Nobody mixes”

Not true.


27 posted on 03/09/2019 1:33:43 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: reaganaut1

I thought the leftists outlawed men’s clubs.


28 posted on 03/09/2019 1:36:25 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: reaganaut1

I suppose “progressives” support this isolation?


29 posted on 03/09/2019 1:59:51 PM PST by vpintheak (Stop making stupid people famous!)
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To: ronnie raygun

The country is going tribal


30 posted on 03/09/2019 2:05:08 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Civic life as we knew it a few years ago is largely dead. It is awful.”

Much of that death is the result of the marginalization of white men. They maintained many clubs and organizations, and younger ones see no point.

Seems to be the same situation at the parish level as well; the feminizied, faggotized Church wants the mens’ money back. The traditional parish societies/groups are withering on the vine...


31 posted on 03/09/2019 2:40:09 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: reaganaut1
‘For Us, by Us’: Inside the New Social Segregation Spaces for People of Color
What's old is new again.
32 posted on 03/09/2019 2:44:42 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

PASP

Peach Anglo Saxon Protestant


33 posted on 03/09/2019 2:45:53 PM PST by TheNext (Participation Award Winner = CoC)
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To: reaganaut1

You want to see a social space for white men that still exists, just go to your local gun club. :)


34 posted on 03/09/2019 2:53:04 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: reaganaut1

Where’s the white female members?


35 posted on 03/09/2019 3:01:45 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.)
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To: a fool in paradise

“The country is going tribal”

This country has asked for that outcome when they created affirmative action policies; they’ve completely marginalized the majority of the workforce (white men), and now too many of the next generations see little point in even working (and therefore breeding).

Here in the northeast companies, schools, and neighborhoods are signaling they need white men back, but they aren’t getting takers. They miss having people who show up on time, use trash cans for their intended purpose, use blinkers/turn indicators when driving, actually buy fishing licenses, wash their hands before handling food in restaurants, and most importantly, pay their bills.

It is too little, too late; the MGTOW/Men Going Their Own Way trend won’t be reversed.


36 posted on 03/09/2019 3:03:04 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: The Pack Knight

“Spaces” reminds me of Hitler’s liebensraum.


37 posted on 03/09/2019 4:43:44 PM PST by Crucial
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To: VanDeKoik

Why yes...yes it was.

And Jussie Small-dick has his own brand called “BUFU”.


38 posted on 03/09/2019 5:01:24 PM PST by VideoPaul
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To: reaganaut1
having their fingers scanned and giving a passcode

but they be against voter ID...

39 posted on 03/09/2019 5:04:09 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: reaganaut1

Segregation all over again.


40 posted on 03/09/2019 5:41:37 PM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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