This is outrageous:

More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason.... The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club that advertises open membership. But the campers' first visit to the pool suggested otherwise.

"When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. "The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately."

The next day the club told the camp director that the camp's membership was being suspended and their money would be refunded.... Campers remain unsure why they're no longer welcome.

The kids are "left to wonder" if they were asked to leave because of their race? Campers "unsure why" they're not welcome? Really? Because it seemed pretty fucking obvious that race was the reason why these kids were asked to leave. What part of "they did not allow minorities in the club" did this reporter not understand? And then there's the insanely racist statement released by John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club, about the incident:

"There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club."

Why on earth does the reporter—Karen Araiza go out of her way to suggest that there might be some doubt about what happened? Why do mainstream news operations have such a hang-up about simple statements of fact? Here's the lead this story needed: "Swim club run by racist assholes asks black kids to leave." And here's the club's contact info if you need to get something of your chest:

The Valley Swim Club
P.O. Box 134, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
215-947-0700
info@thevalleyclub.com