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Red Cross pool safety poster called racist
Fox5 Houston ^ | KATHY CARVAJAL,

Posted on 06/27/2016 5:20:29 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

A poster about pool safety that was up outside a Colorado swimming pool is being called racist.

A man shared a photo he apparently took of the poster at the Salida community pool. On Twitter, John Sawyer asked the American Red Cross about the "super racist" post

"Hey Red Cross. Send a new pool poster to @SalidaRec bc the current one they have with your name on it is super racist."

The Red Cross responded to Sawyer via Twitter saying "Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We’re removing this from our site immediately & are creating new materials."

The poster shows four arrows pointing at black children who are "not cool" for not following the rules while the majority of the white children depicted in the poster appear to be in compliance.

The organization that helps people in distress around the world issued an apology reported by a local TV station.

"We deeply apologize for any misunderstanding, as it was absolutely not our intent to offend anyone," said the ARC.

Not everyone reacting on social media finds the poster offensive.

One Twitter user said: "@datnofact "Honestly, I'm baffled. Are people seeing racism where none at all exists?"


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: ads; americanredcross; cryracism; race; redcross; redkkkross; whatweretheythinking
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Here's the "offensive" poster

In the upper right of the poster, an "uncool" White boy is shown wearing dark glasses carrying a soda bottle. Does this mean all White boys wear dark glasses and carry soda bottles? WHAAAAA!! I'M OFFENDED!!! Where's my safe zone?!? Seriously, as a Red Cross volunteer I'm disappointed to say the least that they would capitulate to this idiotic level of PC. The Red Cross does offer to refer people to psychological services, the hypersensitive crybaby who got so bent out of shape about this needs to take advantage of those services.
1 posted on 06/27/2016 5:20:29 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Right away, you can see that the girls aren’t wearing
garbage bags and are swimming in the same water as
virile males, this is HARAM! Death to America! I keel you!


2 posted on 06/27/2016 5:25:07 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Those are mussies, not blacks so it’s okay. /sarc


3 posted on 06/27/2016 5:29:14 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Impala64ssa

This poster IS a little off the wall.

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4 posted on 06/27/2016 5:32:03 PM PDT by Mears (Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
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To: Impala64ssa
Already posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3444187/posts

5 posted on 06/27/2016 5:33:17 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Mears
This poster IS a little off the wall.

No sh**. Everybody knows brothers and sister be the cool ones.

6 posted on 06/27/2016 5:34:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: Impala64ssa

At least it didn’t show gangbangers with their pants half off waving guns and smoking crack.


7 posted on 06/27/2016 5:37:16 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Impala64ssa

What is exactly not cool about the black kid swimming to the right of the pool floaties?


8 posted on 06/27/2016 5:38:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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“What is exactly not cool about the black kid swimming to the right of the pool floaties?”

He black. Duh.


9 posted on 06/27/2016 5:42:33 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the War on White People, is to recognize it exists.)
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To: TChad

“Already posted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3444187/posts";

You do realize, that you, as a poster, are posting about a poster posting a post (about a pool poster), being reposted by another poster?

What are the odds...


10 posted on 06/27/2016 5:46:42 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Jonty30

I think he pooped in the pool. Note the lump floating behind him...:)


11 posted on 06/27/2016 5:55:53 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: TChad; Impala64ssa

First time I’m seeing it.
Thanks Impala64ssa for the post.
This is taking thin skin a bit too far.


12 posted on 06/27/2016 5:57:42 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: Impala64ssa

Has anyone ever seen a black lifeguard at a swimming pool?


13 posted on 06/27/2016 5:59:11 PM PDT by Ancient Man
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I do not get it.


14 posted on 06/27/2016 6:11:31 PM PDT by madison10 (#NeverHillary)
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To: Jonty30

I think he is SHOUTING, when he isn’t in any danger. That is his FOOT behind him.


15 posted on 06/27/2016 6:15:22 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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JEEEEZ LUUUEEEEz

There are 5 not cool - which feature 2 whites/3 blacks
1 of the blacks apparently dove from the edge, not board.
I have no idea what the ‘black kid’ (white hairdo) opposite the diver (who could be well sunburned white) is doing ‘wrong’.

Same people that dreamed this crap up must be related to NFL players that claimed the ‘banning of the N’word’ in NFL facilities was racist because ‘they’ were the only ones that used it, YET a black had lodged a ‘complaint’ over either a white or a referee using the term.

Hard to know when you are right or wrong when the complainers haven’t a clue.

Guess the key word is as long as some one is offended and the ‘offender’ is a white straight male, the WSM is wrong even if he is right.

I know, I am starting to sound like ‘them’ but this crap is getting old.


16 posted on 06/27/2016 6:15:31 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Beware good luck. Fattening hogs think themselves fortunate. old German proverb ")
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To: faucetman

I figured that out after.

I didn’t thing that was anything other than his foot, although he’d be a rather tall kid.


17 posted on 06/27/2016 6:19:01 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Ancient Man

Ive seen some blonde girls in the good ole days get about that tan.


18 posted on 06/27/2016 6:20:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Impala64ssa

I can’t believe my town is racist!

We’re rednecks here in the high mountain country.

That must explains liberals seeing racism in a poster.

This country is losing its collective marbles.


19 posted on 06/27/2016 6:22:55 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Impala64ssa

This is exactly the problem with PC. Instead of capitulating they should have ignored the bozo. If he persisted they should have told him to F-— O—. You have to laugh at these people. Stop letting them push us around.

Acquiescing to the minority of ONE.

RIDICULOUS.

BTW, I don’t think Blue Whales can fly and they are much bigger than that.

Oh, and there is nothing racist with this poster. I like it.


20 posted on 06/27/2016 6:22:59 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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