Thursday, July 9, 2009

Black Kids Booted From Pool

The Kids at Creative Steps Day Camp were thrilled to go swimming once a week at the Valley Swim Club. But after only one trip to the private club, they were...

"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.

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."
 
The next day the club told the camp director that the camp's membership was being suspended and their money would be refunded.
 
To read more, go to: www.nbcphiladelphia.com
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1 comment:

  1. Its 2009 man!
    AND PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN AMRERI KKK A! This is a shame. A real shame. I thought we overcame that years ago. I'm glad this didnt happen in NY. I hope that when I become a celebrity i can help change this.

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