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Brandie More than 60 campers from http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/topics?topic=Northeast+Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason."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.The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to
The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club that
advertises open membership. But the campers' first visit to the pool
suggested otherwise.
"When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/topics?topic=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."
The next day the club told the camp director that the camp's membership was being suspended and their money would be refunded.
"I said, 'The parents don't want the refund. They want a place for their children to swim,'" camp director Aetha Wright said.
Campers remain unsure why they're no longer welcome.
"They just kicked us out. And we were about to go. Had our swim things and everything," said camper http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/topics?topic=Simer+Burwell .
The explanation they got was either dishearteningly honest or poorly worded.
"There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club," http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/topics?topic=John+Duesler , President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement.
While the parents await an apology, the camp is http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Campers-Complexion-No-Problem-for-New-Pool.html .Read original story on NBC Philadelphia http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pool-Boots-Kids-Who-Might-Change-the-Complexion.html
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