I understand what you are trying to say but isn’t it downplaying slavery (especially the racist slavery in this case) when equating it to seemingly racist hiring practices of country clubs? I would agree with you that it seems to be a romanization of the racist slavery. But slavery and a job is very different. The racism might be the same at its core but working in a job and working in slavery is very very different.

I am not defending the clubs. I just think slavery is a word that shouldn’t be deluded as it should be understood as the horror that it is.

If you think I am wrong, please let me know. Maybe my take is stupid.