[sharatvir]

Just look at swimming pools and amusement parks for a parallel.

White Americans felt that it was better to shut them down entirely rather than letting black Americans enjoy them also.

They decided to remained something that they presumably enjoyed because another group was allowed to use it as well.

Source: https://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-history-of-segrega...

[ryandrake]

One voter quote I'll never forget sums this up: “I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” she said of Mr. Trump. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/florida-government-shu...

[selimthegrim]

Yes, New Orleans had an entire (very nice) public pool filled in Uptown thanks to this nonsense.