NO WHITES ALLOWED: SEATTLE ‘YOGA CLASS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR’ EXCLUDES CAUCASIANS
"White friends, allies and partners are respectfully asked not to attend"
A yoga studio in Seattle is accused of promoting racial discrimination by holding special sessions which explicitly exclude “whites.”
Rainier Beach Yoga in Seattle has allowed “five queer people of color” to create a special class entitled “yoga for people of color,” an exclusionary yoga session whose rules expressly forbid “white people” from attending, reports KIRO radio host Dori Monson.
The class reportedly welcomes people of any body shape, size, gender, or yoga experience, according to an email blast received by a KIRO listener.
The class also invites “lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer and trans-friendly/affirming,” and identifies which “people of color” are OK, such as “African American/black/of the African Diaspora, Asian, South Asian, West Asian/Arab/Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, First Nations/Alaskan Native/Native American/Indigenous, Chicano/Latino, or Multiracial/Mixed-Race.”
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