"When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. "The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately."
What century are the people running this "club" living in? Did they miss the whole "black president" (well, half black) thing?
Watch the video embedded in the link to get a good idea of how confused the children are over this (actually, they probably know exactly what's going on, and it makes them sad). This sort of thing should not be happening in this day and age.
Update: Swim club president downplays camp comment
"There is a lot of concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion ... the atmosphere of the club," Duesler had originally told a Philadelphia TV station about his club's severed contract with Creative Steps.
Duesler said his original comment was intended to detail how his site simply does not have an adequate number of lifeguards to properly supervise the visiting campers, the Inquirer reported.
"It was just too many kids on top of each other," said Duesler, whose Huntingdon Valley, Pa., club has been tabbed for a racial discrimination investigation by a state agency. "Many of them couldn't swim."
I think his use of the "black people can't swim" stereotype should tell us what's really going on here.
No comments:
Post a Comment