Philadelphia -This is not even funny in the least bit. If you live Philadelphia then you need to go and boycott this private pool club for kicking out minority kids.
60 young campers (mostly black) from the Creative Steps Day Camp, were kicked out of private pool club because members didn’t want their children swimming with black children. The Valley Club revoked the day campers membership after finding out they were minorities and offered a refund. Here is an eye witness account:
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. [Source]
The club offered this statement along with the refund, explaining why membership was revoked:
There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion…and the atmosphere of the club. [Source]
True Story: Private Pool Club Revokes Black Kids Memberhsip Because Of Race
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iriegal
Comment made on July 8, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
I tell people as much as they say things change, some things remain the same. There is still redline areas of the United States where a person of color cannot rent Such a sad story MS G.
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Yobachi
Comment made on July 9, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
Hey, I got a lot of hits on this story today, and most weren’t regular readers; but incoming traffic from search engines. So I think the story is starting to get around.
I responded to you last night at my blog about what I thought we could do. Check it out.
http://www.blackperspective.net/index.php/black-kids-kicked-out-pool-because-of-race/
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