Black children and other children of color are bewildered and stunned as to why their weekly swim has been canceled.
Their camp, The Creative Steps Day Camp in Philadelphia, paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club for the children to go there weekly.
But after the children’s ethnicities were revealed The Valley Swim Club, a private club, told them they must get out of the pool and notified them later that their money would be refunded.
But the parent’s are outraged and do not want the refund, they want an apology. According to one parent, they even told them they do not allow minorities in the club. There will probably be more legal action to follow.
See this clip that will transport you to the mid 1950s in America:
July 9th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I thought that we had came farther than this.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
You cant blame the club. I would not want my children in there with them. This is not about discrimination rather its behavior. When will society realize they need to be controlled?
July 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Oh LornaJ you poor ignorant soul! No one mentioned behavior in that video at all, and based on the footage no one seemed to have any issues with behavior, even after being booted from what could have been a great time. Even the so called manager said nothing about their behavior. Instead he avoided questioning by threating to call the police. Cowardice at its’ best. What we have here is blatant racism and you know it. You try to shift blame as though they were treated that way for a reason. Please don’t teach this to your child.
July 9th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Unfortunately LornaJ is an example of the sort of racism that exists in this world. It’s obvious she is white and I’m surprised she is on a black news site. Why do whites come on black news site and spread their vile hatred? Why bother to come if you’re not willing to discuss topics intellectually. I think they cant’ seem to stay away from us. They have a love hate relationship with blacks.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:03 am
LornaJ, the world would be a better place with less people like you, this is why we have problems our children grow up to be just like you. You are ingnorant, what needs to be controlled is your ignorance
July 10th, 2009 at 8:03 am
I am a white man who has three little girls–I own a pool and live in New Hampshire–my pool (although not big enough for everyone) is open and they can swim up here anytime they want!!! This type of behavior is absolutely disgusting—and it is not the way I teach my children…Lorna J you should be ashamed of yourself….in my family–racism died with my grandparents and I will not tolerate it anywhere near my family and am the first to speak out when I hear it near my family–unfortuneately it does exist and it is a shame these kids had to deal with this….shame on all those who were at the club–think of the kids and what you are teaching them–your actions speak louder than any words could ever!! I just hope those kids do not think that this is the norm—come on up to New Hampshire kids–I will get the grill going and we can have some fun!!! We do not see color in this house….we only see kids as kids!!!
July 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I am in total dismay about this situation in philly..I would have never imagined something like this is still going on in a major city, and i do hope city officials step in and do something about this ignorance as it should not be tolerated no where in AMERICA!
July 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Lorna…stay home and keep very quiet…ur embarrasing!!
July 11th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
All you winers please leave Lorna alone. Kids whether black or white need to be controlled.