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8th July 2009

Link reblogged from think4yourself with 67 notes

Most depressing news I've read in a while. →

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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… The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club that advertises open membership. But the campers’ first visit to the pool suggested otherwise.

“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.”

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“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement.
  1. brittanyrey reblogged this from avocadosalad
  2. jspeck reblogged this from marissatastic and added:
    Yeah, Huntingdon Valley… But the club itself is really close to Somerton. I feel like some of the “culture” probably...
  3. marissatastic reblogged this from jspeck and added:
    Even though the N’east is clearly not a bastion of racial harmony, this club was in Huntingdon Valley. Everything that...
  4. sassygirl reblogged this from awesome-everyday and added:
    ohfortheloveofdog:enjoli:ohfortheloveofdog:...This is disgusting. I’m in for a letter.
  5. awesome-everyday reblogged this from sarahmc and added:
    You can bet your ass they’re getting some correspondence from me.
  6. hopetimist reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
  7. jspeck reblogged this from sarahmc and added:
    Oh NEast, why do you embarass me so????
  8. ticklr reblogged this from idonttext and added:
    the sad thing about this is that there will always be stupid, ignorant a-holes, they are all that wil be left at the end...
  9. idonttext reblogged this from artislovely and added:
    unfortuately some snotbag people just fucking ARSEWIPES - it is up to the rest of us to NOT be like them, and strive to...
  10. hono-lulu reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    This is just shameful. Also an example of while, yes, race relations have improved, this kind of shit still goes on,...
  11. notemily reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
  12. rebstein reblogged this from specialbunny and added:
    This is ridiculous. And a special “fuck you” to John Duesler, quoted at the end of this article.
  13. specialbunny reblogged this from think4yourself
  14. bringmethathorizon reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    robot-heart-politics: furrowedbrow:allthingsalishan:deghanmay: jgh:haguenite: enjoli:ohfortheloveofdog:
  15. needtherapy reblogged this from situationsare and added:
    ohfortheloveofdog: jgh: haguenite: enjoli: ohfortheloveofdog:...You don’t believe racism...
  16. think4yourself reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
  17. artislovely reblogged this from barefootinthewoods and added:
    unfortunately there is still a lot of racism in america. I see and hear it every day. how awful for those children to...
  18. needtherapy reblogged this from -smart-tart- and added:
    enjoli: ohfortheloveofdog:...Membership pool kicks 60 black kids, who had paid to swim...
  19. avocadosalad reblogged this from thirdworldgirl
  20. thirdworldgirl reblogged this from furrowedbrow and added:
    Once you’ve stopped being shocked, it becomes normal. THIS is NOT normal. :-(
  21. milquetoastintolerant reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
  22. whatiswrongwithmayberry reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    THIS MAKES ME SO MAD. ….WHY DOES THE UPPER CLASS GET AWAY WITH SO MUCH HERE?
  23. robot-heart-politics reblogged this from sarahmc and added:
    The comments are jaw-dropping. First there are the assumptions that the children were misbehaving, vandalizing things,...
  24. lallygagging reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    yeah, it’d give the people in that club a soul. I think the Valley Swim Club needs a major ass hurting. And hopefully...
  25. shalon reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    This is why I will never join your country club.
  26. robot-heart-politics reblogged this from furrowedbrow and added:
    allthingsalishan:deghanmay:jgh:haguenite:enjoli:ohfortheloveofdog:
  27. situationsare reblogged this from sarahmc and added:
    I don’t believe racism exists but there are many bad apples out there who keep it going to the extent where we read...
  28. barefootinthewoods reblogged this from sarahmc and added:
    it’s hard for me to believe stuff like this still happens. not that i believe racism isn’t an issue anymore, i don’t...
  29. imnotthatkindofgirl reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:
    utterly appalling
  30. allthingsalishan reblogged this from deghanmay and added:
    jgh:haguenite:enjoli:ohfortheloveofdog:...was surprised and shocked by this....
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