07.16.2009 10:57 am
What would you do if your child was a victim of racism?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Parents of children who attend a day camp has filed a lawsuit against the swim club in Philadelphia accused of refusing pool memberships to their minority children due to racism.
According to MSNBC, the lawsuit demands unspecified damages on behalf of several unnamed children and parents.
When the minorities were kicked out of the pool on June 29, it made national headlines and caused the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the United States’ highest-profile black swimmer, Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones to speak out. Here’s what happened:
The Creative Steps camp had arranged for 65 mostly black and Hispanic…
