Private Pool Bans Minority Campers

DrPhil · #1 07-12-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

KEVIN does not have much to add to what DrPhil said.

/bobdole

Additionally though, I wonder what the value is for the media, parents, etc. to put these kids through the trauma of even thinking they may have been racially discriminated against (when that may not even be the case). Kids need to be able to just be kids and if they can be sheltered from something like racism for just awhile longer, that might contribute to a happier childhood. Kind of like believing in Santa Clause.

I can see that.

In general, minorities sometimes feel that people have to learn sooner rather than later. There isn't but so much sheltering from these types of things.

These kids may have already experienced some things. My first experience with racism was by the time I was in the 1st or 2nd grade.

DaemonSeid · #2 07-12-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

These kids may have already experienced some things.

EXACTLY...that's why I wondered where Kevin got that from and why you felt a need to add to it.

These kids may not be as 'traumatized' as you think.

Will it shape their opinion of non blacks? most likely yes.

Will it 'scar' them for life? most likely not.

It's not a trauma...it's LIFE.

Just like everything else kids learn at an early age, this is another.

As long as there has been a palapable difference over how non Blacks felt towards Blacks...kids were an easy target for shaping of their opinions...it's been going on for centuries and from what just happened, it's not stopping anytime soon.

DrPhil · #3 07-12-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

EXACTLY...that's why I wondered where Kevin got that from and why you felt a need to add to it.

These kids may not be as 'traumatized' as you think.

Will it shape their opinion of non blacks? most likely yes.

Will it 'scar' them for life? most likely not.

I was typing to KEVIN.