Biff_Poindexter
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A Black Sheriffâs Deputy Was Denied Burial at a Louisiana Cemetery Because It Was âWhites Onlyâ
Board members later removed the word âwhiteâ from a contract stipulation conveying âthe right of burial of the remains of white human beingsâ
time.com
"The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a Black sheriffâs deputy held an emergency meeting Thursday and removed a whites-only provision from its sales contracts. The family of Allen Parish Sheriffâs Deputy Darrell Semien, who died Sunday, had been told that he could not be buried at the cemetery near Oberlin because he was African American.
Karla Semien of Oberlin wrote Tuesday on Facebook that a woman at the cemetery had told her that her husband could not be buried there because it was for whites only. I just canât believe in 2021 in oberlin Louisiana this is happening,â Semien wrote. âTo be told this is like we were nothing. He was nothing? He put his life on the line for them,â Semien told KPLC-TV on Wednesday."
Yea, it's hard to believe that this shit is still happening in 2021 -- but fortunately, the president of the funeral home made it right and even offered a free plot to the family to try to make amends....As was said in the article, the "whites only" provision was one of those hold overs from the Jim Crow era...I guess it takes awhile to totally dismantle a system like that; this was just one more brick removed....while some may have wanted to "conserve" that kind of privilege, progressing forward is good...