Comments on: Did Private Pool Turn Away Minority Kids?

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

[cbs_tom]

I believe the part that you do not understand is that they had a contract with the pool to swim.

[calgal4]

PA isn't racist, but some Pennsylvanians sure are.

[davelangton]

What part of Private Property do some people not understand?
If I don't want someone on my property, that should be my call, and mine alone. If anyone doesn't like that, don't invite me onto your property. I can respect the private in other people's private property.

[cbs_tom]

I believe the part that you do not understand is that they had a contract with the pool to swim.

[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.

[twinkie1cat]

I grew up in Birmingham in the 1960s. I watched as the public pools closed and became private clubs to keep out the black children. My favorite one, in an urban community was filled with concrete and made into tennis courts. My mother told me it was because the colored kids carried diseases so they did not want them to swim with the white children. The suburban pools quickly re-opened as "private clubs" with carefully carefully gerrymandered neighborhoods being included as eligible to join, drawn suspiciously similarly to the equally segregated school attendance zones. A whole generation of black children never had the opportunity to learn to swim. So did the white children whose families were too poor to pay the substantial fees designed to be out of reach of low income families at the "clubs".

This is racism, pure and simple. The shocking part is that this is 2009, not 1969 and this happened, not in Birmingham but Pennsylvania, the supposedly "liberal" North, not the "backwards" Deep South. The club should lose its license and be forced to sell its assets to be spread among the harmed children. Racism is something children should read about in history class, not something they experience themselves.

God will judge America because the conservatives have no family values, are racist and classist just like the Sodomites and do not treat people the way Jesus did. God hates hypocrites.

[2foxes]

that is sad i hope they allow me through the Pearlie gates when its my turn hope the angels at the gate r not racist but not the children in the pool after they had payed the fees for membership is wrong

[estabwary]

PA is racist; these are their true colors.

[coreypowell_wv]

but see this type of rejection is what breeds to other types of disorders, i can remember i was 8 and was at a picnic and my grandma had some chicken, and fruit and stuff like that for us and these white kids looke at us and said feeding the monkeys watermelon and bannannas and laughed and now im 34 and i will not eat watermelon or a bananna i dont let my children eat it either. and all of that is do to this one incident

[News195]

Wow. And northerners like to believe this only happens in the south. I guess it makes them feel better to believe that they are better than southerners b/c they don't discriminate. It happens everywhere in this country.

[docpeter1953]

From the above article, "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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No honey, you are not too dark to swim, but you may be too fat to sink. OK, I am crude and worthless.

But really, do you think the kids need a psychologist? Geeze, give me a break. When we were young we didn't run to the psychologist every time our feelings were hurt. Tough it out, it may make you a stronger person.

[coreypowell_wv]

but see this type of rejection is what breeds to other types of disorders, i can remember i was 8 and was at a picnic and my grandma had some chicken, and fruit and stuff like that for us and these white kids looke at us and said feeding the monkeys watermelon and bannannas and laughed and now im 34 and i will not eat watermelon or a bananna i dont let my children eat it either. and all of that is do to this one incident

[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.

[ktgilb1]

What rights do we have that whites don't?