Blog Post #1

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/23/pennsylvania.swim.racism/index.html?iref=newssearch

"Commission Penalizes Swim Club in Pennsylvania Racism Complaint"--Summary:
This article is about Valley Swim Club, Philadelphia, PA. They revoked the swimming privileges of mostly minority day care. The mostly African-American and Hispanic population of the camp was causing many of the white campers to be fearful, and raised many racial slurs and complaints from other attendants of the swim club. This story gained national acclaim, and the club asked the camp to return, but the camp denied the request, and said decided to take legal action in the future.

"Commission Penalizes Swim Club in Pennsylvania Racism Complaint"--Reflection:
This article struck me as very strange and exasperating. I do not experience very much open racism or segregation in my life here, and to hear about it that close was very unnerving. I hear enough racist comments at school, but many or most of them are meant in a joking matter, and these types of things are generally not segregation-like. I also thought it striking that in an interview, some of the African-American and Hispanic campers said "white club members made racist comments to them during that visit, asking why black children were there and raising concerns that 'they might steal from us.'" This being on the visit when the camp went to the swim club and found out their swimming privileges revoked. I did not think that people in this day and age made those kinds of remarks, let alone in hearing distance of small children. Those white club-members must have serious problems if they are still under the notion that African-Americans and Hispanics are all criminals. It is good that the camp is not going there anymore and are going to press charges. Those people deserve to be taught a lesson.