07.10.2009 5:26 pm

Professor writes of dreading children’s encounters with racism

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A teacher at Princeton University posted a piece in response to the incident in which the day-camp kids were turned away from the swimming pool because they might change the complexion of the swim club. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is an associate…

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Tags: African Americans, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Philadelphia, Princeton University, race, racial cowardice, scars, swimming pool

07.09.2009 12:44 pm

Black kids booted from pool told they might “change the complexion” of private swim club in Philly

By Doug Moore

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This story from the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia caught our eye. More than 60 poor kids in a summer day camp were turned away from a private swim club in which they had paid to get in. The camp director says it was…

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Tags: Creative Steps Day Camp, Philadelphia, race, Valley Swim Club

Professor writes of dreading children’s encounters with racism

Black kids booted from pool told they might “change the complexion” of private swim club in Philly

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