White Only Pool

[Beckpatton]

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I have no words.. Well no nice ones anyway..

[HYHYBT]

That somebody would even try to pull that nowadays... and, of course, if the excuse were true then the thing to do would be to have a sign saying to wash your hair before entering the pool, not one restricting it by race.

The comments over there, though...

[mikoyan29]

Ohio...that's all I need to say...

[Ree]

I cannot believe all the comments.
I had to stop reading because it was all such ignorant, racist garbage on both sides.

If the reason really was the chemicals in her hair, then why didn't she make a rule that everyone swimming in the pool had to cover up their hair?

[Crazedclerkthe2nd]

Pretty messed up situation. "Historical sign"? WTF kind of excuse is that? It'd be like me putting a Nazi flag in my window and saying that was cool because it's "Historical"

[Rageaholic]

The comments make me want to throw up.

[Panacea]

That somebody would even try to pull that nowadays... and, of course, if the excuse were true then the thing to do would be to have a sign saying to wash your hair before entering the pool, not one restricting it by race.

The comments over there, though...

A requirement to wash hair before entering the pool would have been legit. Showering before entering a public pool is a fairly common practice, and as long as everyone has to do it, non-discriminatory.

The issue here is the land "lady" instituted her sign only after her white tenant brought his mixed raced daughter to the pool, with the weak complaint of "hair chemicals" soiling the pool. The sign is not funny nor is it defensible.

If she really thought it had historical value, she would not put it outside where the weather would damage it

[Sleepwalker]

Pretty messed up situation. "Historical sign"? WTF kind of excuse is that? It'd be like me putting a Nazi flag in my window and saying that was cool because it's "Historical"

See also: Confederate Flag.

[telecom_goddess]

The comments are bad....and I am amazed that this kind of blatant racism still exists in this day and age.

Back in the day African American actress Dorothy Dandridge had to deal with this kind of things....at a hotel they said if she even touched the water in the pool they would have to drain it and scrub it. So she stuck her toe in the water And yup they drained it and scrubbed it. Which is extremely rude but I'm glad she made a lot of unnecessary work for the assholes.

[Panacea]

Back in the day African American actress Dorothy Dandridge had to deal with this kind of things....at a hotel they said if she even touched the water in the pool they would have to drain it and scrub it. So she stuck her toe in the water And yup they drained it and scrubbed it. Which is extremely rude but I'm glad she made a lot of unnecessary work for the assholes.

Good for her! That kind of asinine thinking deserves to be thrown back into their faces.

Gawd, makes me wonder that white folks didn't wear gas masks around black people. Sure, they were good enough to clean your house . . .but not swim in a pool?

[fireheart17]

A requirement to wash hair before entering the pool would have been legit. Showering before entering a public pool is a fairly common practice, and as long as everyone has to do it, non-discriminatory.

My local pool has showers EVERYWHERE. It's a rule that if you've been in the sauna or steam room you have to shower again before you enter (or re-enter) the pools. There's 8 along one wall for people to rinse off, then there's about half a dozen changing rooms for people to change (I kid you not. The pool even has family change rooms for mums who are taking their sons or for daddy taking his daughter along )

I also read the comments....some of them just made me go . Either they are trolls or it's scary to see that in this day and age (in Australia, substitute African-American with Aboriginal).

As for the rule about "chemicals" in the water, I'm guessing that if a caucasian person came in with hair products in their hair (mousse, gel, wax, spray etc.) then it would be fine (someone in the comments DID point that out thankfully, but was ignored in favour of the trolling idiots) by her standards.