Comments on: Did Private Pool Turn Away Minority Kids?

Pa. Investigating Claim of Discrimination and Racist Comments at Swim Club

[Oregon_State_OSU]

Its amazing how White Trash wanna be Hoidi Toido white people just dont get it in 2009. Grow Up and Be Adults.

[koko98-2009]

I'm so glad the Supreme Court decided that the racial revolution is over in America and nothing more needs to be done to combat the racism that no longer exists in America.

I also wonder how many Latinos belonged to that club?

[hockeymom441]

It's funny to me that any time something bad happens to a black person, it's racially driven. No one cared about the white daycare centers that were asked to leave. But - as usual, any opportunity to get angry or media attention, is passed up before considering all of the facts in a situation. I find some people can't even practice the open-mindedness and fairness that they preach!

[acehanlon]

You are on the mark here, thanks for your keen observation.

[Club_Ams]

brian a wrote:
It is a PRIVATE POOL. End of Story.

I do agree that this story even being discussed is an example of how discrimination is alive in America. I bet none of you heard about what happened in neighboring Ohio. Here is an exert from the story as posted on ohio.com

"Akron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation.

But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear.

It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend's home in South Akron.

Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.

The Marshalls, who are white, say the crowd of teens who attacked them and two friends June 27 on Girard Street numbered close to 50. The teens were all black."

How many of you heard about this story? Yet every major media is reporting about kids getting kicked out of a pool. YES - RACISM is alive and well in America.

[6591Hou]

But Wright rejected that explanation, saying the club covers 10 acres with a "nice-sized" pool and a separate pool for younger children. The board, she said, knew that her group included 65 children, and none of them had misbehaved.

"We were not welcome, once the members saw who we were," she said.
Wright said that the children were upset, and that she was looking for a psychologist to speak to them next week. Some have asked her whether they are "too dark" to swim in the pool, she said.
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Aside from the fact that we do not have all of the information, how many young kids do you know would ask questions formatted like that? i.e. 'are we too dark to swim in the pool'.....that part of the story sounds questionable but apart from that my kids and their guests were kicked out of our subdivision's pool because the vice-president of the HOA, who happened to be at the pool at the time, felt that they were making too much noise (imagine teenage kids in a pool in the summer making noise!). The HOA and I resolved that issue after the fact, but at that time the kids left as they were told. Now move from 5 teenagers to 65 kids and imagine the noise, activity, and how many adults were with that large a group? I don't know how big of a pool it was but 65 kids is a lot of kids to inject into a pool that, apparently, had other people in it. I gathered from the story that whoever booked her group did not follow through with anyone else, the reason I say that is because if you book a room - you don't have anyone else in it when you get there, I would expect the same if you book a pool. So the club is at fault for that at least, they took the money and made the reservation, I find it hard to credit that they were ignorant of the ethnicity of who handed them the money or that they maliciously made the group bus out to their club just to score some points in sending them away. Those factors make no sense. Punish as the law allows the guilty, but let's first find out what all of the facts are.

[tautomer]

How do you know the club kept the money? Or is that just your assumption,because it suits your particular prejudice?

As to learning to swim, an afternoon at a pool isn't going to do that, sry but NICE try.

You weren't there and you have no direct knowledge of what went on. What you DO know is tha you want to be perceived as an arbiter of truth and light. Spewing ill-informed opinions isn't the way to do it.

As far as the "forgiveness" you speak of...forgive proceeds from understanding, why don't you wait until you understand the issue before commenting? Then maybe you'll forgive the Swim Club....

[tautomer]

corey, dats jez plain DUMB!!!!! Watermelon is great! Nice and cool and juicy with that slightly rough texture that tickles you tongue. You really should get yourself one, cool it down and enjoy.

Corey do you remember when everyone was calling Bush a Chimp? Did you think that was funny? How about when they call Obama a chimp?

Corey if you are going to let criticism or ridicule control your behavior you really need an attitude adjustment. Basically, you are telling us that as a 34 yr old man you are allowing a group of kids 30 yrs from in the past direct your actions. That is pitiful.

[tautomer]

Typically, such a facilities use contract would include a clause in which the host reserved the right to deny use as it saw fit, possibly with a refund. CBS_Tom do you know whether there was such a clause? It would be very rare not to have one.

Pools, skating rinks, movie theatres, amusement parks etc virtually always reserve the right to eject partrons, You will generally see this printed on the back of a ticket stub or posted clearly.

[tautomer]

Posted by ToldYouSo29 Of course all races can discriminate, --but imagine another race being in power--not the white race......
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Oh you mean like Obama and Eric Holder?

[DaVicar5]

What part of "Private Pool" don't they get?