Private Pool Bans Minority Campers

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by alum

Perhaps all of the GC resident attorneys can weigh in

From what I gleaned from the article, this is a private club where one has to pay a membership to use the pool. I wonder if it's a socioeconomic prejudice vs a racial one? "Poor" kids from a daycare environment as opposed to African-American children.

I'll take off my "law student" hat for this one and simply say that the club president saying "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club," (emphasis added) was monumentally stupid. It sure sounds like a racial thing when he puts it in those terms.

[Little32]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I'll take off my "law student" hat for this one and simply say that the club president saying "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club," (emphasis added) was monumentally stupid. It sure sounds like a racial thing when he puts it in those terms.

Exactly. Especially when you have members of the club contradicting all of the other claims, "overcrowding" and such.

It broke my heart a little to read this:

Day camp member Araceli Carvalho, 9, said she was upset when told she wouldn't be allowed to return.
"I said, 'That's not right,'" she said.
But when asked if she wants to return now, she said, "I don't want to swim here anymore."

This is how little children respond to racism, by closing themselves off from possibilities as a defense mechanism, to protect themselves from further rejection. This is how these little acts take a long term toll.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I'll take off my "law student" hat for this one and simply say that the club president saying "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club," (emphasis added) was monumentally stupid. It sure sounds like a racial thing when he puts it in those terms.

I agree.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I'll take off my "law student" hat for this one and simply say that the club president saying "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club," (emphasis added) was monumentally stupid. It sure sounds like a racial thing when he puts it in those terms.

I totally agree.

Also, some people from the private club said that they have turned away other groups before after realizing they couldn't handle the capacity, but what I don't get is if you (the club) have already tried a similar program that didn't work b/c of a capacity issue, why would they offer to do it to other groups later on?