Another heartwarming tale out of the City of Brotherly-Looking Women (and that's "Brotherly," not "Bruthaly"). The long and short of it: A private swim club in Montgomery County, PA was paid $1900 by a North Philly daycamp so 65 kids (grades ranging from K-7th) could use their outdoor pool facilities. Only "problem" was, the kids were black and hispanic. So they were promptly asked to leave and refunded their money. When asked for comment, the swim club's president coughed up this verbal turd:
There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion . . . and the atmosphere of the club."
Aside from "complexion," the other ridiculous part of this quote is "kids." While the club's website seems to be down or no longer in existence, the archived version seemed to stress "family" quite a bit. Color me Georgian for asking this, but doesn't "family" usually denote the inclusion of kids? Nonetheless, there's also this to consider: The camp was signed up for just a couple hours on Mondays only for two months. They can't handle kids for two hours a week? Of course they can. They just don't have the cojones to admit they can't handle non-white kids for two hours a week. I understand they are a private club so they can choose their members however they wish. Still, The Valley Swim Club and all its members that have decided to remain: Eat A Dick. I hope all you motherfuckers drown in your precious Aryan cock-swallowing pool.
And on a related political note: Montgomery County is decidely left-leaning. They voted Gore/Kerry/Obama. Just sayin'...
Jesus. I bet the president would pay $1900 to have a do-over on that "official statement".
Posted by: Aaron | July 09, 2009 at 10:07 AM
You had me at "Aryan cock-swallowing."
Posted by: Kenny Bania | July 09, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Really? That's not discrimination because it's a private club?
Posted by: Vandelay | July 09, 2009 at 10:56 AM
And on a related political note: Montgomery County is decidely left-leaning. They voted Gore/Kerry/Obama. Just sayin'...
Oh yea, no doubt the owners/managers of that club voted for Obama. lame.
Posted by: Mr. Kruger | July 09, 2009 at 11:09 AM
"Really? That's not discrimination because it's a private club?"
Never said it wasn't discrimination. Of course it is. I just don't know who or what jurisdiction could enforce it, assuming they are a 100% privately funded club.
Posted by: Jack Klompus | July 09, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Right, I meant by law. Of course it's discrimination.
Posted by: Vandelay | July 09, 2009 at 11:21 AM
"Oh yea, no doubt the owners/managers of that club voted for Obama. lame."
Looks like the president of the club did. Coincidentally, he formed a group/team of some sort called The Chocolate Squad. BTW, check out #18 on his twitter page.
Posted by: Jack Klompus | July 09, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Looks like the president of the club did.
White guilt, obviously.
Posted by: Vandelay | July 09, 2009 at 12:07 PM
What a fucked up story! Hopefully Spector will take this asshole club president down with his investigation.
Posted by: April | July 09, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Time to heave a Baby Ruth in that there pool. Or leave a natural one after a night of eating corn on the cob.
Posted by: Whatley | July 09, 2009 at 01:14 PM
damn, i walked into that one. I sent the douchebag a little tweet.
Posted by: Mr. Kruger | July 09, 2009 at 01:32 PM
Luckily, Obama's election to the presidency means that America is now post-racial, and racism doesn't affect these children one whit.
But seriously, what assholes. I'd rather not gay-bait the private club as if cock-swallowing is inherently bad, though. I'm more comfortable calling it an Aryan bunghole-licking club. Who's with me?
Posted by: Schmoopie | July 09, 2009 at 02:23 PM
Aryan bunghole-licking club
I'd be down for that too (the receiving anyway).
Posted by: Kenny Bania | July 09, 2009 at 02:59 PM
"I voted for Obama" is the new "I have a black friend."
Posted by: Vandelay | July 09, 2009 at 03:08 PM
"I'd be down for that too (the receiving anyway)".
I'll bet President Duesler would be happy to toss your Chocolate Squad.
Posted by: Jack Klompus | July 09, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Wait. We're talking about getting felated and ass licked by dudes? I'm out... unless it's like a hot looking thing that could be a girl or a guy but I genuinely can't really tell (Hilary Swank) so I'd just go with it as long as I don't see it's downstairs and have that crying game guilt.
"I voted for Obama" is the new "I have a black friend."
So what you're saying is that I should stop introducing myself to black people by saying "My name is Kenny. I voted for Obama."
Posted by: Kenny Bania | July 09, 2009 at 04:26 PM
So what you're saying is that I should stop introducing myself to black people by saying "My name is Kenny. I voted for Obama."
On the contrary...unless you have a 2 year old that points at them screaming Rock O'Mama, how else do you expect to endear yourself?
Posted by: Vandelay | July 09, 2009 at 04:53 PM
I'd rather not gay-bait the private club as if cock-swallowing is inherently bad, though. I'm more comfortable calling it an Aryan bunghole-licking club.
I'd say the two acts are approximately equal. Neither is my ideal way of spending a Wednesday night, but if two or more consenting adults want to be disgusting and do it in the confines of their own bedrooms, I won't push for legislation against it.
"I voted for Obama" is the new "I have a black friend."
Except more non-black people actually voted for Obama than have black friends. We don't live in Iowa, but I'll be damned if he didn't carry the state.
"There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion . . . and the atmosphere of the club."
To be fair, he'd have also gotten in a lot of trouble if he had just said, "Look... cleaning up barbecue chip dust is kind of a bitch. We don't have that kind of labor in our budget."
Posted by: Assman | July 09, 2009 at 07:26 PM
Laughing my ass off over Mr. Kruger's tweet!
Posted by: bethany | July 09, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Firewalled from Twitter. Can a brother get a C&P?
Posted by: Vandelay | July 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Hey chocalate_squad Duesler you're an asshole. Turning away a bunch kids from your crappy pool club because they're not white. Fuck you punk
Posted by: puddy | July 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Just an FYI: I've known John Duesler for over 10 years, and he's not the guy being portrayed by the media or the people posting on this blog (a blog I love). He is not racist, never has been. He's guilty of bad word choice, but not what all your commenters seem to be implying. The group showed up at the pool with more kids than they said they were bringing. So, they broke the contract. There were not enough lifeguards to watch all of the kids that were there from the group ON TOP OF the kids that were there as part of the club members. The other side of the story would be if one of the kids drowned because there weren't enough lifeguards, then John would be considered to be at fault for that too.
He's a good guy who said something stupid, but it's not reflective of who he is. He did not say anything about 'black kids', and if someone at the pool said it, that person should be taken to task, not John.
This had nothing to do with race.
Posted by: TFKoP | July 13, 2009 at 08:06 PM
"He's a good guy who said something stupid, but it's not reflective of who he is. He did not say anything about 'black kids', and if someone at the pool said it, that person should be taken to task, not John"
Fair enough. Then again, Vandelay's actually a good guy in real life as well. And he doesn't really have man-boobs. But he's still gonna catch his whoopin' unnecessarily.
"This had nothing to do with race."
Sorry, I don't buy that. It sounds like a few members have stepped forward now and said they were the ones that complained to Duesler because they didn't want a bunch of kids (of any race) overcrowding the pool. So why not work something out with scheduling? And if it's a safety issue, why didn't John just say that in the first place? Perhaps it's all a misunderstanding or a miscalculation of capacity -- but I doubt it. And I also find it convenient that they are now offering to reinstate the campers. How? Did they build a bigger pool? Hire more lifeguards? Or did the threat of a lawsuit and some negative PR magically clear things up?
Posted by: Jack Klompus | July 13, 2009 at 10:40 PM