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Club Management Said to Black Kids, ‘Please Don’t Change the Complexion of Our Pool’

Filed Under Race, WTF? 

Update – July 13, 2009: Pa. swim club accused of racism to ask kids back. Umm, who would take their kids back there?

What.the.hell? This video would be hilarious if the issue wasn’t outrageously moronic.

Someone seriously believes that Black skin can change the “complexion” of a pool? Sounds like ignorance is runnin’ rampant in Northeast Philly.

Renee over at WomanistMusings has a great conversation going on about this.

h/t: tweetmeblack

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2 Responses to “Club Management Said to Black Kids, ‘Please Don’t Change the Complexion of Our Pool’”

  1. dragonheart on July 13th, 2009 10:00 pm

    When I heard about this story, I wanted to run and check my calender… Had we somehow fallen into some time warp and returned to the horrors of segrationist claptrap (cough, BULLSHIT) and ignorance that was so horrifically common all throughout this country until a few decades ago? I would hope we as a people, as a species, could grow up enough collectively to once and for all realize that the ONLY thing that matters about a person is the contents of their heart – or that's my two cents on it, anyway.

  2. sisterstalk on July 13th, 2009 10:48 pm

    I was born and raised in the south. Because the south was forced to deal with its institutionalized racism, that area of the country seems to be further ahead of the rest of country on race issues. It doesn't surprise me when I hear about this kind of thing happening, especially in non-southern states.

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