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Judi Lynn

(164,122 posts) Fri Jul 6, 2018, 06:42 PM Jul 2018

Man who challenged black family's use of pool loses job [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Jonathan Drew, Associated Press
Updated 5:07 pm CDT, Friday, July 6, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white man who challenged a black family's use of a gated pool in a North Carolina neighborhood has not only resigned from the homeowner's association board — he's also lost his job.

Sonoco announced Friday that Adam Bloom is no longer employed by the packaging and industrial products company, saying it doesn't condone discrimination of any kind, even if it happens outside its workplace.

A video posted by Jasmine Abhulimen on Facebook on July 4, seen more than 4 million times, shows what happened after Bloom questioned whether she was allowed to bring her son to the pool in the Winston-Salem neighborhood.

Bloom also called the police. In a police recording released Friday, Bloom is heard calmly telling a dispatcher he's dealing with a "nonresident that's at the pool who refuses to leave. ... We're just asking for a form of identification."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/White-man-quits-after-calling-police-on-black-13053711.php

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Man who challenged black family's use of pool loses job [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2018 OP

a great example of We The People draining the swamp samnsara Jul 2018 #1

This is the way it should be done, learn that We the People do NOT tolerate racist games EVER elleng Jul 2018 #2

If you don't want to be known as a racist, don't act like a racist asshole in public. dalton99a Jul 2018 #3

Bye bye Gothmog Jul 2018 #14

Yup. Technology is bringing back something Hortensis Jul 2018 #25

Last week there was a post about a woman in Atlanta madaboutharry Jul 2018 #4

That was ugly. Here's the article: Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #7

Holy crap - that woman would have every right to call the cops on HIM - harrassment like that is Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2018 #30

Also from the OP article BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #5

That association needs to be sued. nt DURHAM D Jul 2018 #6

If your not getting uppity with your HOA, your missing out on a lot of fun. StTimofEdenRoc Jul 2018 #9

That's probably why he resigned from the board the same day. yardwork Jul 2018 #20

When you see someone that might not belong in your christx30 Jul 2018 #8

The dump fuckers. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #10

And we now live in an epoch where Golden Raisin Jul 2018 #11

WELL maybe people should look directily with the people, and onecent Jul 2018 #12

From my twitter feed Gothmog Jul 2018 #13

Thanks for your post. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #15

His refusal to apologize crim son Jul 2018 #16

I don't see the usefulness of this treestar Jul 2018 #17

My Concern ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #19

I fear you are correct treestar Jul 2018 #22

Companies can't afford the bad publicity. Capitalism requires zero tolerance. yardwork Jul 2018 #21

I have a bit of a change of mind on this treestar Jul 2018 #26

Usefulness to whom? nt LanternWaste Jul 2018 #23

Society in general treestar Jul 2018 #24

He might. Orsino Jul 2018 #27

I wonder too if he can just get another job treestar Jul 2018 #29

womp womp QC Jul 2018 #18

May Trump also now lose his job for his racism nonviolence9 Jul 2018 #28