Swim Club To Do The Right Thing
Last week, when the campers from Creative Steps Day Camp showed up to take advantage of their swim privileges at the Valley Swim Club (for which Creative Steps had paid a not-insignificant $1900), club president John Duesler was pissed. Apparently Creative Steps had neglected to give him a heads-up that the campers were black. As we read on Gawker, a camper’s parent reported that “When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool…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.”
John Duesler responded by suspending the Creative Steps’ membership and issuing a statement: “There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.”
This morning, Duesler invited the children back to the pool. His reason? “Because it’s the right thing to do.”
July 14th, 2009 at 3:24 am
If your post title was a conscious nod to Spike Lee’s 1989 masterpiece, way to drop a very appropriate reference.
If it wasn’t, nice picture with the post.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am
lawwwssuuiiitt: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLSkiD_HEJq_JPFUxVKAdRWZjnpAD99E04QG0
July 26th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Incredible the pure IGNORANCE of this article…
JD was never “pissed” – utter lack of intelligent research.
NO ONE EVER SAID “minorities were not allowed” <is just fucking ignorant bullshit! Karma is a bitch, you will get yours for simply flat-out lying.
Are you that fucking stupid? Really? Have you seen the NATIONAL coverage? Your facts are ALL incorrect and show just how much a limited intellect will destroy any chance for any type of REALITY to enter as a result.
I am glad this is just a microscopic spec of shit in the internet world… AGAIN and AGAIN minorities hold their own back by acting a fool. I hope the author of this little piece of shit site is NOT a minority, because anyone who reads this will conclude the writer is just an angry ignorant uninformed idiot.