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jcboon

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4. Segregation

Reply to JI7 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 04:57 PM

Jul 2018

Black people were not allowed in public pools where white people learned to swim.
There were very few lakes, ponds, etc. available to black people as well.
Post-segregation, many public pools in the south became private clubs. Beach fronts became limited access.
It insidious and awful.

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Black family asked to show ID at B.C. townhouse complex pool [View all] donkeypoofed Jul 2018 OP

BC is no progressive paradise outside of Vancouver. RandySF Jul 2018 #1

I live in the SF Bay Area. TDale313 Jul 2018 #2

Pools especially bring out the bigotry JI7 Jul 2018 #3

Segregation jcboon Jul 2018 #4

I wonder if it was Maple Ridge or Abbotsford cabot Jul 2018 #5