http://news.aol.com/article/philadelphia-pool-ban/564346?icid=main|compaq-laptop|d...
I thought we got past all this.
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July 10, 2009 9:58 a.m. Volksroddin HalfDork
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July 10, 2009 10:34 a.m. JFX001 Dork
Jesse & Al...in....5....4....
That's a shame.
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July 10, 2009 10:40 a.m. oldsaw Reader
Too many years ago, I lived about 30 miles south of Philly - yeah, it was Jersey.
Having moved there from Georgia, one of the first things I realized was that racism was far more prevalent and viscious in and around the "City of Brotherly Love".
Sad that it hasn't changed a bit. Makes me glad I moved back south!
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July 10, 2009 10:48 a.m. mad_machine UltraDork
unfortunately the racism in Philly goes both ways...
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July 10, 2009 11:02 a.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork
Wow, the comments on that story are disgusting.
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July 10, 2009 11:04 a.m. Strizzo Dork
the story says they were asked not to return, but then doesn't explain a whole lot about why. could be just that the people that were there on a summer monday afternoon were pissed because their peace and quiet was shattered by 65 screaming k-7 kids, regardless of who or what color they were.
i've been irritated by the actions of even fewer similar-aged white kids, and if i was paying a membership, 65 screaming kids on a quiet afternoon would probably get some griping from me, possibly not a formal complaint, but these people are probably used to bitching a lot
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July 10, 2009 11:55 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Go see "Crazy in Alabama".
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July 10, 2009 11:57 a.m. captain_napalm New Reader
In reply to oldsaw:
Yep, and that was one of the reasons Curt Flood rejected a trade there in 1969.
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July 10, 2009 1:10 p.m. WilD Reader
I'm not nearly convinced that this has anything to do with race. The media is not reporting or is glossing over that other contracts with other day camps were also refunded DUE TO OVERCROWDING AT THE FACILITY. I'm sorry, but the story doesn't hold water (some pun intended).
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July 10, 2009 1:12 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
At the very least, you gotta admit that "change the complexion" phrase in the official response was poorly thought out.
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July 10, 2009 3:05 p.m. HappyAndy Reader
I am originally from southern NJ, currently live just outside of Philly in PA, and have lived in several other parts of the country in-between. I can honestly say that Philly is the most racist place that I have ever lived (I am sure that there are worse places, but I haven't lived in them). And as mad_machine mentioned, it flows freely in both directions. There is probably a lot of that going on in this pool story I would imagine.
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July 10, 2009 4:42 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
HappyAndy wrote:
I am originally from southern NJ, currently live just outside of Philly in PA, and have lived in several other parts of the country in-between. I can honestly say that Philly is the most racist place that I have ever lived (I am sure that there are worse places, but I haven't lived in them). And as mad_machine mentioned, it flows freely in both directions. There is probably a lot of that going on in this pool story I would imagine.
I lived in philly for a long time and it is a racist place.
I then moved to Charleston SC. A guy down the street from my friend in Ladson SC owned , "Karls Kwik Kerb"..... He did do curbs, but read between the lines.
edit: Now.. I don't want to say that charleston was more racist than philly. I don't think it really was... .But.. It was more in the open.
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July 11, 2009 1:48 a.m. Wally UberDork
Any city that assaults Santa can't be any good.
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July 11, 2009 2:05 a.m. dxman92 New Reader
This story made the New Zealand Herald down under: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10583615
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July 11, 2009 6:39 a.m. ignorant PowerDork
Wally wrote:
Any city that assaults Santa can't be any good.
Watch it beeotch...
Or
We'll take the batteries out of our cameras and pelt you..
Drew sucks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Drew
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July 11, 2009 7:12 a.m. pete240z Dork
yo Jackie
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July 11, 2009 8:02 a.m. ignorant PowerDork
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July 11, 2009 8:11 a.m. Monkeywrench Reader
I live in Philly and grew up in South Jersey. The media is jumping all over this, but I'm pretty sure it was because the camp owed the pool something like $1800.
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July 11, 2009 8:20 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
Just some clarification of terms here: A racist yankee does not a "Good old boy" make.
Thanks,
The management.
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July 11, 2009 9:11 a.m. Twin_Cam Dork
Huntington Valley is minutes from the house where I grew up. It's actually where the DMV where I took my license test is located.
And now you understand one of the many reasons I moved out of that godforsaken, overpriced, holier-than-thou, SUV-driving, Starbucks-sipping, Panera-Bread-eating, yuppie E36 M3hole part of the world called the Philadelphia suburbs. May it have an atomic bomb dropped on it, and then have it's ashes sent on a rocket into the core of the sun. That is all.
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July 11, 2009 10:20 a.m. oldsaw Reader
Monkeywrench wrote:
I live in Philly and grew up in South Jersey. The media is jumping all over this, but I'm pretty sure it was because the camp owed the pool something like $1800.
If the camp owed the pool owners about $1800, why did the camp receive a $1950 refund check?
Just askin!
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July 11, 2009 10:29 a.m. Monkeywrench Reader
oldsaw wrote:
Monkeywrench wrote:
I live in Philly and grew up in South Jersey. The media is jumping all over this, but I'm pretty sure it was because the camp owed the pool something like $1800.
If the camp owed the pool owners about $1800, why did the camp receive a $1950 refund check?
Just askin!
Bad sources?
+1 to what Twin_Cam said though
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July 13, 2009 1:55 p.m. JFX001 Dork
I just read that the Club is changing it's mind and allowing them to swim there.
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July 13, 2009 4:04 p.m. oldsaw Reader
JFX001 wrote:
I just read that the Club is changing it's mind and allowing them to swim there.
Humble pie is a better menu choice than having the Feds, ACLU, or Rev Al-Jesse poking your nether regions for cash.
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July 13, 2009 6:44 p.m. Rob_Mopar New Reader
oldsaw wrote:
...far more prevalent and vicious in and around the "City of Brotherly Love".
Much like how sarcasm can be lost on the internet, I'm sure it was lost when the founding fathers (or whomever said it first) called it the City of Brotherly Love.
I was born in Philly and have been migrating further south and west across the state ever since.
-Rob
