'What fresh hell is this nonsense?' Meeting to discuss Savannah mayoral race welcomes 'Black Press Only!'

We’ve come a long way since the days of the Jim Crow South — and apparently some people think it’s about time we went back:

"Black Press Only!" Only black reporters were allowed inside a meeting to discuss the upcoming mayor's race in Savannah, Georgia. https://t.co/xLtV7zDVBw

— AP South U.S. Region (@APSouthRegion) March 28, 2019

More from the AP:

Organizers of a meeting to discuss an upcoming mayoral race in Georgia barred reporters from attending — unless they were African-American.

The Wednesday meeting at a church in Savannah was held to try to unite the city’s black community behind a single candidate for mayor in the Nov. 5 election. Signs at the door said “Black Press Only!”

White reporters were denied entry, while at least two black reporters and the publisher of a local African-American newspaper were allowed inside, the Savannah Morning News reported . Television cameras and recording devices were also prohibited.

The newspaper said the Rev. Clarence Teddy Williams, who organized the meeting, declined to discuss the entry policy.

It sounds like a policy that merits some discussion, no?

Outrageous.

— Barry Spear (@vidweb) March 28, 2019

WTF!

— SAD (@ThatcoderguySad) March 28, 2019

What fresh Hell is this nonsense? https://t.co/dZpidWJ3cL

— Subotai (@Pqlyur1) March 28, 2019

What it is is racist.

Hmmm, seems racist to me

— JB (blue checkmark) (@BuckeyeBrack11) March 28, 2019

Talk about racism

— Rodney (@RGB39) March 28, 2019

Well that's racist

— Doc_Ed A. (@ed_alca) March 28, 2019

This is so racist.

— وليد إبراهيم خريبط (@WKhuraibet) March 28, 2019

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— Danny Sprinkle (@danny_sprinkle) March 28, 2019

Pretty darn racist.

If this was the other way around….

— Jason Mill (@VancouverBCC) March 28, 2019

Unreal…imagine the uproar if this were flipped.

— Christian Rudolf (@therealCBR64) March 28, 2019

It’d dominate the outrage cycle. And rightly so.

I don't think I really have to explain why this is wrong.

— Michael Robinson (@PointlessSpike) March 28, 2019

It should be pretty obvious.

How is this not a return to segregation?

— KMorales, PhD, RN, CNE (@KMorales) March 28, 2019

Segregation…still alive and doing well in the south.

— Colt74 (@XXXL74) March 28, 2019