Sen. Whitehouse Defends Membership at Beach Club Accused of Only Accepting White Members
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a recent interview apologized for an alleged “whites only” policy at a beach club that he and his wife have reportedly been members of for decades. Bailey’s Beach Club, also known as the Spouting Rock Beach Association, was accused by Rhode Island website GoLocalProv of only accepting white people as members. […]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a recent interview apologized for an alleged "whites only" policy at a beach club that he and his wife have reportedly been members of for decades. Bailey’s Beach Club, also known as the Spouting Rock Beach Association, was accused by Rhode Island website GoLocalProv of only accepting white people as members. A reporter with the site asked Whitehouse in 2017 whether he would pressure the club to change the alleged policy. “I will take that up privately," Whitehouse said at the time. Another reporter with GoLocal asked the senator last week, in an interview posted Monday, whether the club has yet admitted anybody who is not white. "I think the people who are running the place are still working on that and I’m sorry it hasn't happened yet," Whitehouse said. Posed with the question of whether such clubs should continue to exist, he added, “It's a long tradition ...
