AKA William

This is jaw-dropping.

In Philadelphia, 60 black children from The Creative Steps Day Camp were forced out of a pool at a private swim club because they are black:

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.

“I said, ‘The parents don’t want the refund. They want a place for their children to swim,’” camp director Aetha Wright said.

. . . “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. [NBC]

The pool’s “complexion.”

Right, right. Video from the the local news report.

Oh, and just so you have it, here is the contact info for The Valley Swim Club. Make sure you let them know about their efforts to maintain their pool’s complexion.

The Valley Swim Club
P.O. Box 134, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
215-947-0700
info@thevalleyclub.com

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