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But, so far, the story seems blown out of proportion.

Unless you were one of the kids who got shut out because they were black and will then carry that forward. Or one of the parents of those kids.

The club screwed up. Badly. And admitted as much with the first "complexion of the club" BS. Now they are running with "we didn't have the capacity." So if racism is their policy, they are afraid to admit it now.

Racism poisons everyone it touches. It poisons those kids who will carry it in the back of their minds. It poisons the racist, who carries the racism like rot in his soul. And it poisons society which has to deal with government solutions to the problem.

It's time the pool apologizes or owns up to its racist policy.

[Tired of Taxes]

Unless you were one of the kids who got shut out because they were black and will then carry that forward.

If you look further into the details, there were other factors involved. The camp is screaming, "Racism!" But, the swim club is insisting race wasn't a factor.

But, in the personal example I gave, race was the main factor. What hurt my children was that our family had invested time and money into this group, and my children even had invested their own money. Also, my children had come to trust the people there. We were angry over the money and the violation of trust.

If the group had been honest and refused to admit us from the beginning, I could've explained it very easily to my children. They would've accepted it and moved on much more easily.

In the case of the swim club, the camp received all of their money refunded. They may have a valid argument for contract dispute, and they should've brought all concerns into discussion, but for this story to have gone national is taking it too far.