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Interview with “Jan” – Eyewitness with Philly Pool Incident.

» 09 July 2009 »

Listen to the interview HERE

H/T to Allison Kilkenny for letting us know about this.

Jan states that the pool was very crowded on the day of the incident. I’ve read a few places that the capacity of the pool was for about 45 people. This? Is a completely reasonable reason to have to renegotiate the terms of an agreement of using the pool. Perhaps the management didn’t understand that there as that many kids involved. Perhaps there was a miscommunication.

So can someone please explain to me the statement from Valley Swim Club President John Duesler?

According to the same interview the children were incredibly well behaved. There wasn’t any incident of crazy mccrazed crazy kids doing crazy things that would scare anyone. Why on earth if it was simply an overcrowding issue would you release a statement that the Clubs concern was “the children changing the complexion and atmosphere of the pool”?

People, of course, want to say that Black folk over react. We call racism first, ask questions later. This isn’t one of those times. Sometimes its simply reading words on a screen.

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  • http://rippdemup.blogspot.com/ RiPPa

    Ok, so yeah, that may have been the case. However, it doesn’t excuse the words ushered by the club president.

    Am I saying he is racist? Or that the club is racist? No. I am saying their statement was racist.

    Further, more insulting is the official statement they put out on their website without an apology. I under stand that they’ve since apologized. But, in their initial statement they distanced themselves from the statements made by the person who made that statement.

    Not cool.

    P.S. Add me to your blogroll son! Yeah, and checkout my blog and share your thoughts. If you don’t I’m gonna tell everybody that you’re not really Black (LOL).

  • http://rippdemup.blogspot.com RiPPa

    Ok, so yeah, that may have been the case. However, it doesn’t excuse the words ushered by the club president.

    Am I saying he is racist? Or that the club is racist? No. I am saying their statement was racist.

    Further, more insulting is the official statement they put out on their website without an apology. I under stand that they’ve since apologized. But, in their initial statement they distanced themselves from the statements made by the person who made that statement.

    Not cool.

    P.S. Add me to your blogroll son! Yeah, and checkout my blog and share your thoughts. If you don’t I’m gonna tell everybody that you’re not really Black (LOL).

  • Mary .H

    I Live Davenport,IA
    I am a Dark Black Women
    Come to Iowa and see What you think?! It not ease Being Black here !;;

  • http://CMMCENITER.MCHSI.COMHTTPII.WWW. Mary .H

    I Live Davenport,IA
    I am a Dark Black Women
    Come to Iowa and see What you think?! It not ease Being Black here !;;

  • Mary .H

    Iowa is the most RACIST State for Black Woman. Make it hard for you to learn here. I work in a office
    in Iowa. I am the only black in the office. I have ben at my job for 15 years.I thought it wuold get Better with my co workers,IT HAS NOT

  • http://CMMCENITER.MCHSI.COMHTTPII.WWW. Mary .H

    Iowa is the most RACIST State for Black Woman. Make it hard for you to learn here. I work in a office
    in Iowa. I am the only black in the office. I have ben at my job for 15 years.I thought it wuold get Better with my co workers,IT HAS NOT

  • Bella-

    This is all over the place. After all these years of segregration and stuff, white people still ahve to do this. Unfortunately, I’m not suprised this happened.

  • Bella-

    This is all over the place. After all these years of segregration and stuff, white people still ahve to do this. Unfortunately, I’m not suprised this happened.