A state investigation found that a Montgomery County swim club racially discriminated against 56 African-American and Hispanic children in June when it revoked an agreement to allow a Northeast Philadelphia day camp to use its pool after the children' first visit.
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The commission ordered the club to pay a $50,000 civil penalty for the club's discrimation again one child, whose parents filed the complain with the commission.
More here:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090922_State_rules_Montco_pool_discriminated_by_banning_campers.html------
This is breaking locally here tonight and AP reported just a blip. It's on the 11:00 pm news.
Of course note the timing of this - at night. :eyes:
If you read through the article at the link, you'll note the mention of emails between members and the board that apparently complained about the race of the children. And that, along with the fact that the Commission found that when the club was reaching out for new members, they skipped over neighboring areas known to be higher in black population and focused specifically on soliciting white areas. What apparently fooled the club was that this club was located in a traditionally white neighborhood (Frankford) in the city.
Post-racial society? Not so much.