[Tired of Taxes]

We don’t know what the original, full statement said. Notice the ellipsis (”...”) after the word, “complexion”. Something was edited-out by the press. The word, “complexion”, has different meanings.

If the swim club has a racial bias, do you really believe they would admit it in a statement? Of course not. The word must’ve been used with a different meaning intended. The reporters must’ve jumped for joy when they saw it. ;-)

This story has gone overboard now. It’s all over the news, the radio, the internet. Now the families have filed a lawsuit:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6910529

What the camp claims to have overheard is NOTHING compared to what I’ve heard through the years. We’re a quote-unquote “mixed” family, so we’ve had to deal with it from many different people. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these people screaming about racism in this story wouldn’t want us in their own private clubs. ;-)

The club needs to stop apologizing. They invited the camp knowing it was “multi-ethnic”. They refunded the money in full. We can believe all we want that the reason was racial, but the swim club gave a different reason, so now it comes down to presuming guilt (instead of innocence) and penalizing people for a thought crime.

[mysterio]

We don’t know what the original, full statement said. Notice the ellipsis (”...”) after the word, “complexion”. Something was edited-out by the press. The word, “complexion”, has different meanings.

“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.”

I don't see anything you could put in between those phrases that would make it right or change the meaning. The kids are owed a big apology.

If the swim club has a racial bias, do you really believe they would admit it in a statement? Of course not.

Yes, I believe they would admit it. Racists are often not intelligent enough to hide their racism. They choose words that they think soften the racism like "complexion," but a lot of times they are unable to cloak. This idiot outed himself in the first statement and then the club tried to backtrack later.

The club needs to stop apologizing.

I disagree. And if they decide to keep their moronic racist policy, they need to own up to it and stand behind it instead of pretending like that wasn't really the policy. That makes it easier for the good people in town to know what pool to avoid.