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BumRushDaShow

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10. Way back 12 years ago, there was a similar pool-related issue posted on DU2
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:19 AM
Aug 2021

Since it involved Philly and its burbs and a cross-border swim club that threw a daycare's daycamp of children out because "they changed the complexion" of the facility, I had closely followed and participated in/posted OPs about it.

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I had an OP with some DU2 threads compiled here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1014875014 and one of the earliest was this OP (where some of the replies illustrate problems that DU has when it comes to race and fortunately several of the abject racists from back then have been PPR'd) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3958978

Suffice it to say, entertainer Tyler Perry stepped up to the plate to pay for a trip to Disney World for all of the affected children - https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/20/tyler.perry.pool.children/index.html

the place filed for Chapter 7 and paid $1.1 million through a settlement with DOJ - https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/settlement-in-swim-club-discrimination-case/1938088/

These children are now older teens (some of the youngest) and young adults.

And as we see with this latest OP- The beat goes on.

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