22nd July 2009, 2:44 AM
oops.
If you research the swim club in question and read up on the aftermath of the whole event, turns out its an adult swim club. 'Changing the complexion' was speaking directly to all the children that were coming in. They wanted an adult atmosphere and there were adult blacks, peurto ricans, mexicans, etc that never had a problem at the pool or with the club. All the kids were coming in because there was a lack of places to swim, so the club opened its doors to the schools and summer camps so that for a fee, the regulated pool could be used. But the sheer number of kids that arrived in buss after buss was too much for the club and they had to start sending kids away.
They knew each school coming in, they knew which schools/camps were primarily black and completely welcomed them. But once the droves of kids showed up, it was too much for the club and they told them they had to leave and returned the money. Race was never an issue, the kids did nothing wrong, the club did nothing wrong.
But WOW, what a terrible fucking choice of words. "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion…and the atmosphere of the club."
Complexion. A word commonly used for skin.
Atmosphere. A calm, relaxed atmosphere.... for rich white people. Invaded by (you guessed it!) noisy picaninnies.
This is the real racism, not what the club did or said, but that people implied whatever they wanted and used it to their advantage to boost their already skewed views. I dont doubt there were hateful people at the pool who pay good money to AVOID kids and noise and took out their aggressions vocally. But the words complexion and atmosphere spoke directly to the fact that this was a private club with a maintained pool, kids make messes and cause trouble, get in fights, splash and dive, scream and laugh etc ruining all the fun for the uppity WASPy nigger-hating God fearing Christian republicans :Fuck you: never mind the other minorities, members at the pool. The complexion of the adult swim club with too many kids, making it unattractive for adults. That's it.
"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,'" said camper Dymire Baylor.
Let's paint a picture.
A middle to upperclass white woman with her white children is upset that kids from an urban, inner city summercamp all jump in with their slang, talk of Nike's and who shot their neighbor last night, etc. Scaring the shit out of Mommy Dearest. This isn't racism, everybody tenses up around inner city people, regardless of color. Look at New York. Crime is almost 50/50 between black and white people. So Mommy Dearest tensed up because her privately schooled children would be easy pickings for toughened city kids. I would have done the same thing if my were under 8 or so. By 9 he or she should know how to toughen up.
"When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. "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."
This is horrible if true. But imagine being an employee and taking the risk of saying 'blacks aren't allowed' (which is already untrue as there are black adults who are members of the pool) and the hell you could catch for it, not just getting fired, but getting sued. I think seeing the white kids exit the pool and the 'minorities aren't allowed' were misheard and skewed from what actually happened. It was the fear of a black mom who felt disrespected. Tie it in with the above; a white mom called her kids in. I'm sure that happened, but it wasn't something like EW NIGGER COOTIES! it was genuinely worried parents who aren't used to having suburb kids mix with city kids.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loca...-Race.html
Wow.
A private pool opened for summer camps to beat the heat but they couldn't handle all the people and they were losing the revenue of their traditional adult customers. They turn the camps down and refund them. Suddenly, confused people who didnt understand why a flood of 60+ kids jumped in the pool and called their kids in so they dont get thrashed in the wake are now 'yelling racial slurs'.... Jesus. This is exactly what I was talking about.
If it were a buss load of white kids that were told they cant stay, there's no news. Other than maybe the private club looking like crusty old farts who dont want kids to have fun. Now, just because 'blacks' are involved, anyone suffering from 'white guilt' or any black who fears everything that comes out of a white mouth, are on their soap boxes... preaching to the choir. Man what a disgusting mess. All of it would have been completely avoided if the pool owners would have just rescheduled until they can hire more crew to regulate the pool and keep their adult members happy along with allowing the children to have fun.
If you research the swim club in question and read up on the aftermath of the whole event, turns out its an adult swim club. 'Changing the complexion' was speaking directly to all the children that were coming in. They wanted an adult atmosphere and there were adult blacks, peurto ricans, mexicans, etc that never had a problem at the pool or with the club. All the kids were coming in because there was a lack of places to swim, so the club opened its doors to the schools and summer camps so that for a fee, the regulated pool could be used. But the sheer number of kids that arrived in buss after buss was too much for the club and they had to start sending kids away.
They knew each school coming in, they knew which schools/camps were primarily black and completely welcomed them. But once the droves of kids showed up, it was too much for the club and they told them they had to leave and returned the money. Race was never an issue, the kids did nothing wrong, the club did nothing wrong.
But WOW, what a terrible fucking choice of words. "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion…and the atmosphere of the club."
Complexion. A word commonly used for skin.
Atmosphere. A calm, relaxed atmosphere.... for rich white people. Invaded by (you guessed it!) noisy picaninnies.
This is the real racism, not what the club did or said, but that people implied whatever they wanted and used it to their advantage to boost their already skewed views. I dont doubt there were hateful people at the pool who pay good money to AVOID kids and noise and took out their aggressions vocally. But the words complexion and atmosphere spoke directly to the fact that this was a private club with a maintained pool, kids make messes and cause trouble, get in fights, splash and dive, scream and laugh etc ruining all the fun for the uppity WASPy nigger-hating God fearing Christian republicans :Fuck you: never mind the other minorities, members at the pool. The complexion of the adult swim club with too many kids, making it unattractive for adults. That's it.
"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,'" said camper Dymire Baylor.
Let's paint a picture.
A middle to upperclass white woman with her white children is upset that kids from an urban, inner city summercamp all jump in with their slang, talk of Nike's and who shot their neighbor last night, etc. Scaring the shit out of Mommy Dearest. This isn't racism, everybody tenses up around inner city people, regardless of color. Look at New York. Crime is almost 50/50 between black and white people. So Mommy Dearest tensed up because her privately schooled children would be easy pickings for toughened city kids. I would have done the same thing if my were under 8 or so. By 9 he or she should know how to toughen up.
"When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. "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."
This is horrible if true. But imagine being an employee and taking the risk of saying 'blacks aren't allowed' (which is already untrue as there are black adults who are members of the pool) and the hell you could catch for it, not just getting fired, but getting sued. I think seeing the white kids exit the pool and the 'minorities aren't allowed' were misheard and skewed from what actually happened. It was the fear of a black mom who felt disrespected. Tie it in with the above; a white mom called her kids in. I'm sure that happened, but it wasn't something like EW NIGGER COOTIES! it was genuinely worried parents who aren't used to having suburb kids mix with city kids.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loca...-Race.html
Wow.
A private pool opened for summer camps to beat the heat but they couldn't handle all the people and they were losing the revenue of their traditional adult customers. They turn the camps down and refund them. Suddenly, confused people who didnt understand why a flood of 60+ kids jumped in the pool and called their kids in so they dont get thrashed in the wake are now 'yelling racial slurs'.... Jesus. This is exactly what I was talking about.
If it were a buss load of white kids that were told they cant stay, there's no news. Other than maybe the private club looking like crusty old farts who dont want kids to have fun. Now, just because 'blacks' are involved, anyone suffering from 'white guilt' or any black who fears everything that comes out of a white mouth, are on their soap boxes... preaching to the choir. Man what a disgusting mess. All of it would have been completely avoided if the pool owners would have just rescheduled until they can hire more crew to regulate the pool and keep their adult members happy along with allowing the children to have fun.