Plus, if you get in a pool with a whole bunch of black folks, the blackness might rub off on you. Kinda how like putting a muddy towel in the laundry makes everything else in the load grungy.
When you go black, you never go back. That’s a scary thought to some people.
If only this were true. Instead of freckles and sunburn I could have a nice tan. Just imagine the marketing possibilities!
Just a note: the club claims it cancelled or turned down other camps where the members were not minorities, for the same reason: too many kids is not a good thing. Should be noted, too, that they claim a willingness this year to try accepting camps since several public pools in the area are closed due to budget constraints.
Heh. I was one of two white guys on an elite summer basketball team back in the early 80’s. We used to get this talk every time we pulled up to a gym. It made me sad then, it is so much sadder that this is still happening almoet 30 years later.
I concur with this.
I can’t speak for all blacks or even most of them, but during my school trips, we were very well-behaved. I distinctly remember going to the Detroit Zoo as a kid and walking in a single-file line behind the instructor and parent-guides; while the white children from another school were yelling, crying, tantrum-throwing, and generally had to be chased by their teachers. When thinking about children misbehaving in public, I can’t find no worse (behavior wise) children than white, American kids.
I’d be very surprised to hear that these black kids were misbehaving, in fact, I’m willing to wager they were more well-behaved than the white kids. But we’ll see as facts on the situation begin to emerge.
And to be brutally honest (since we’re in the BBQ pit), watching white parents & teachers control children in public is sheer entertainment for me. If I ever asked an instructor or parent “Why?” or said “No.” to a command from an adult, I would have been thoroughly beat with a belt and no sweets or television for a week. If I threw a temper-tantrum in public, which I never did, I probably wouldn’t be alive right now.
Just my experience. Other people’s mileage may vary.
You’re not serious are you?
I read that post as being tongue in cheek.
I did not insist that they both have some explaining to do. I insisted that both parties are on equal footing–it’s not the case that the club’s actions were racist unless the club proves they weren’t.
To honest, I think the ideal would be the middle ground between both stereotypical “white” and “black” discipline. Like yours, the kids in my family never dared to ask “Why?” We would never offer our opinions or preferences on anything because the response was always, “Who asked you what you’re going to get?” We were beaten for gagging at the dinner table over bad vegetables (like you can actually control a visceral response). We kind of lived in fear of making mistakes and doing anything besides being an obediant mute. That’s not good.
But I agree with you on rowdy kids. A little kid should not say a thing when he’s corrected in public except for an apology.
I read it as meaning both are untrue. And tongue-in-cheek, like Freudian Slit said.
No, it didn’t. It started with my assertion that statements from both sides should be considered on equal footing.
Even if the camp didn’t **need **to explain anything, they did. They offered an explanation of what happened by going to the press and giving a story of how they were kicked out because they were black. That is **their **explanation of what happened. Just because it was given first doesn’t mean it’s anymore truthful.
When a bunch black kids get kicked out of a pool, where everyone esle was white, why on earth would they ever get the notion that it might be racially motivated?
No they didn’t.
See, that wasn’t so hard, was it. Kind of like I said would happen.
I’m sure these kids will be very eager to go back.
Yeah.
Well, seems like they already have a new pool.
But if this pans out without further drama, it is a good first step of contrition that the club can use to attract others so that they can show they have sincerely changed their ways.
I can see the new banner! “Now Welcoming Blacks”
Maybe they can run a promotional tie-in with the local Dennys’.
You really hate these kids, don’t you…
Cough.
(Emphasis mine.)