in what way ?

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My guess is the behind-closed-doors criticisms would sound more like the South Park kids complains about the first-graders at the public pool.

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Wow.

So,...

The media calls Obama's Presidency a start of a Post-Racial America.

I guess these black kids should be told that white kids hopping out of the pool when they get in is just a part of being raised in "Post-racial America". Gotcha.

I guess the message this sends to kids of such an age is secondary or of little importance in "Post racial America". Crystal clear.

Refunding money to ease the humiliation of this situation for the parents and kids of their troubles of having the "wrong" complexion for the atmosphere is "okay" because, hey, at least they got some money, right?

Post-Racial. Sure.

well this is interesting, this club pres. may be an Obama sppter...

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I had heard that several white people voted for Obama, and that one or two actually campaigned on his behalf. Could John Duesler be such a person? Perish the thought!

Theres always going to be ingnorance and bigotry as long as humans exist.

However, this was not perpetrated by the government.

Okay? What does this mean exactly? That racism not in the hands of the government is somehow not powerful, systemic racism? Explain further.

the point is, its a private swimming club (that may or may not have had "open membership" whatever that means legally no one has clarified as of yet), not an over arching government entity or a huge corporation. Its a country club, not the government.

I'm trying to say that while it is a despicable and ignorant act of bigotry, its probably not illegal and really not all that big a deal.

Isn't it obvious?

There are a lot of Maude R. Fockers, on this very site even, that love to comfort themselves and claim how America is so far removed from racism and the mere mention of it is preposterous and how people keep "bringing race into things unwarranted" are racist and other such nonsense and yet many people, like myself, know the truth of the matter to be otherwise.

In fact, sir, race issues and racism is quite alive and well. The topic of this thread and even the recent MJ death controversy even showcases that.

But I bet you don't see it that way. You don't want to.

Its all good though.

so the government owns this swimming pool then? The government told the black kids to get outta the white kids pool? I thought it was just some ignorant bigots who ran a pool. apparently they run the whole country.

*Sigh*

The point here is not whether the government or a private person owns the pool. The point is that we're supposed to be in some sort of 'post-racial' society as the news media would have us believe, yet in instances like this it is clear that attitudes of minority inferiority are still cemented enough in the minds of those that they would deny them service on such a grand scale.

The problem is what the parents have to explain to their black children about why they were denied membership, why white kids were taught to hop out of the pool when they got in, and why we can have a black President but still have people with the power to tell black kids they're not swimming in the same pool as white kids.

The point is that we're told that "the race card" gets pulled all too often by minorities and America's "past racism" when it clearly isn't. The problem is a discrepancy between rhetoric and reality.

the race card gets pulled all the time agaisnt the government, or government entities. this is not one. this a bunch of rich ignorant assholes. seriously youre reading way too much into this

Nice dodge.