(Community Matters)
Over 60 kids from the Creative Steps Day Camp were kicked out of The Valley Swim Club because they were black. When the black children arrived (they’d paid nearly $2,000 to join) and entered the pool, the white children got out, said one of the parents. “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,'” reported Dymire Baylor, one of the children asked to leave. Pool attendants reportedly admitted minorities are not allowed at the club, and in a statement, the president of the club said, “There was a concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion…and the atmosphere of the club.” P.S. This happened in 2009.
So, despite restatements: “Tempers further flared after the club’s president [emphasis mine] John Duesler issued a statement Tuesday saying ‘There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.'”
Followed the next day by: “Our Valley Club deplores discrimination in any form, as is evidenced by our multi-ethnic and diverse membership. Whatever comments may or may not have been made by an individual member is an 0pinion not shared by The Valley Club Board.”
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