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netmouse ([personal profile] netmouse) wrote2009-07-10 02:38 pm

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Re: the kids in Philly who were forced to leave a swim club in what appears to be a violation of section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, if you'd like to condemn the Valley Swim Club's actions and encourage the Department of Justice to consider suing them for a violation of Federal law, go here to do so.
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[identity profile] netmouse.livejournal.com 2009-07-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you see my original post (http://netmouse.livejournal.com/614673.html)?

The reference to it being the number of kids not their race was a later statement. What the kids and paprents reported indicated that on the day of they were faced with racism, on the part of club members as well as the staff (or enforced by the staff).

[identity profile] phawkwood.livejournal.com 2009-07-10 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah no I hadn't seen that. That's fairly shameful.
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[identity profile] netmouse.livejournal.com 2009-07-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
indeed.