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I'm sorry, what? – Black Kids kicked out of pool for…being black?

July 8, 2009
TWiB! | This Week in Blackness
I won’t lie to you folks. I’m sort of in shock.

“More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason.

“I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,’” said camper Dymire Baylor

…”There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President... RSS Share it

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July 8, 2009 6:18 pm
... No this is not a repeat story from 1952. And no, it doesn't take place in the South. *sigh*
July 8, 2009 6:47 pm
This is freaking unbelievable. It's 2009, right? I didn't travel back in time?
July 8, 2009 6:57 pm
disgusting. all they have to fall back on is their "this is a private club" defense.
July 8, 2009 7:27 pm
I think the article's writer summed it up best: "Un-Eff’ing acceptable."
July 8, 2009 7:32 pm
This is definitely weird for this to happen in 2009. Usually I don't like any kids around me, but that's in general. But, these things happen, my friend who was Arab couldn't even get two steps into a store without the owner yelling at him to leave cause he's Arab. People in this country still have a lot of growing up to do. I hope this place loses business, and it's best we all know about places like this because people tend to forget that racism is still alive.
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