http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Swim-Club-Members-Nothing-to-Do-With-Race.html

“The Valley Club is deeply troubled by the recent allegations of racism, which are completely untrue.

We had originally agreed to invite the camps to use our facility, knowing full well that the children from the camps were from multi-ethnic backgrounds. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that we underestimated the capacity of our facilities and realized that we could not accommodate the number of children from these camps.”

Not racist at all, but the kids used the charge of racism in order to try and get their way. Wonder where they learned that?

Let’s not use it as a way to test the waters to see how many of you pee yourselves when you see some Black people.

Rob Taylor on July 9, 2009 at 7:01 PM

I promise you I, for one, am not. However I do refuse to ignore the elephant in the room.

I am highly skeptical that the club members just ran away at the sight of black skin, and if the kids were acting up and disturbing the peace and relaxation of the club as I suspect their removal was apprpriate. Swimming at this club was a privilege, not a right.

Some people want to claim their ejection is racism, but that would imply that the color of their skin gives these kids license to trample the rights of any white person around them at anytime and we just have to grin and bear it. Around here we refer to that as “bullshit”.

I guess until we hear from some of the club members who were there and complained we will never see what’s on the other side of the coin, but I’m betting it’s not “Oh God, black people! Ewww! Run away!”

My wife and I have been up all night burning the midnight oil for the last couple of days as we make some significant changes in our web portfolio. So after going to bed when most people were getting up I awoke in the early afternoon to these headlines…

I ran the program at the Brooklyn Y (12 towns a real ghetto) and I took those kids to the Zoo, park etc. I made sure my staff kept them in check. The only problem we had was with staff.

You’re assumption that these kids were out of control, although there is no evidence that that was the case, is racist. I’m (half) Black and grew up in a ghetto, and I nave never been arrested, started a fight and I have a Masters and my own business. What about you guys?

I can even swim.

So how about on a story illustrating Progressive racism we focus on the racism of progressives? Let’s not use it as a way to test the waters to see how many of you pee yourselves when you see some Black people.

“Changing the complexion” isn’t an exlusive race term. I mean come on people…

Read the headlines:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_n9_v14/ai_20055264/

http://webupon.com/web-talk/innovative-technology-driving-and-changing-the-complexion-of-our-world/

http://www.indypressny.org/nycma/voices/374/news/news_3/

My guess is that it was a poorly worded comment.

I would also guess that the neighbourhood has had previous incidents with gansta youth considering this took place in killapelphia.

On the other hand, the perception of Blacks being dangerous is perpetrated with the reality of seeing minorities constantly in the news for a number of crimes far out of proportion to the 12% or so of their racial slice of the U.S. population.

It is not in the interest, though, of the Black racists and their self-appointed leaders to get on members of their own race about their often unsavory behaviors. Bill Cosby at least tried and was persecuted for it.

Tons of white people out there are anti-social and commit many, many crimes as well, but I don’t hear other white people sticking up for them because of their race.

Gee. I wonder if they feel as bad as the workers in the NY legislature who were fired because they are white!

madmonkphotog on July 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Kind of goes with the Ohio attack thread. “It’s A Black World Now”

On another note, Michael Jackson changed his complexion, and is still dead.

They have really cracked down on the hydrant usage in philly, when I was a kid we always had them open. Now they have special wrenches and you have to have a sprinkler head for the hydrant. People were complaining about the kids, water pressure, and some people were getting water in the basement.

Tremmy on July 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM

Water balloon fights, or does that just start more trouble.
(I’ll shoot you because you got me wet)

And yet people still support these fools.

Typical Democrat Racism.

Sporty1946 on July 8, 2009 at 10:56 PM

It’s not racism when we do it. /Dem

“One of the members[unidentified] was shouting out, ‘We’re gonna see to it that they don’t come back anymore.’ And two days later, Dr. John called me and said, ‘Miss Wright, I truly apologize, I’m so embarrassed, but the membership has overthrown me in votes and you’re not going to be able to come back to the club.’”–by KYW’s Hadas Kuznits

Hmmmm “2 days later”, Sounds like Dr.John[Obama supporter] and Miss Wright may have colluded, and concocted the “complexion story” to embarass the Swim Club board. This tactic is a common MO of race-card players with an agenda. I’ve seen the senario played out in public schools against dedicated teachers who actually wanted their students to learn – often this type of student accountability by teachers and administrators does not sit well with the parents of underachievers.

“Let’s Roll”

It was true during the Civil War (remember Frederic Douglas’s daughter and her school) and it is true today.