# Racist swim club to declare bankruptcy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 15, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703 "2009-11-15T23:44:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703/1 "2009-11-15T23:44:23Z")

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You probably remember the brouhaha last summer, when a suburban Philly swim club disinvited a group from a city day camp, allegedly because most of the kids from the camp are black and Hispanic. Well, [the club is getting ready to declare bankruptcy](http://cbs3.com/local/Pa.Valley.Swim.2.1312483.html).

That’s one way to avoid a lawsuit, I guess.

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**Author:** ![StoutHearted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703/2 "2009-11-16T00:18:38Z")

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They claim they’ve been having money problems for years, which I buy, and I guess they just didn’t figure racism in the budget. Lawyer fees and bad publicity most likely set them over the edge.

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**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703/3 "2009-11-16T00:36:28Z")

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So running a business in Philadelphia that doesn’t serve black people is isn’t a wise move? Who could have predicted that?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703/4 "2009-11-16T03:12:43Z")

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Read the comments to the news article **twickster** posted. So far, 2/3 of the comments are racist in intent. The problem still does not go away with a bankruptcy.

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-swim-club-to-declare-bankruptcy/517703/5 "2009-11-16T03:42:01Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> Read the comments to the news article **twickster** posted. So far, 2/3 of the comments are racist in intent. The problem still does not go away with a bankruptcy.

To be fair, there are only three comments 🙂