What do you mean by "both" groups? All of them are under one group, and this is being a member of the club, whether one is white and the other is black. All of them payed their due to become a member. Basically you said, in order to please one group, you kick out another even though that group didn't do anything. How can you respect an organization that does that? What if the group of kids were white? Would there will be no issues because there would be no comfortability issues?
I don't advocate separating people at all. Nor "tip-toeing". That would be awful. And I disagree that it's only about finding commonalities. That's helpful, but not the cureall. What I am saying is that you have to acknowledge that there is tension. You can't sweep it under the rug. And that there is a way allow the kids to swim in the pool and at the same time be mindful that there is an adjustment that others have to make. I don't know where you are getting this advocacy for "seperation" or tip toeing around issues. That's not what I said at all.
We might be in agreement. I'm just a little suspicious of your emphasis on the tension between the groups, as it could be said that the club's actions did very well to relieve that tension by preventing interaction. If tension is the problem, isolation is the perfect solution.
Tyler Perry has given the swimmers free trips to DisneyWorld. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/tyler-perry-treats-65-swi_n_241750.html PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Perry is paying for 65 children from a Philadelphia day camp to go to Walt Disney World after reading about allegations that a suburban swim club had shunned them because of racism. The black and Hispanic children who attend the day camp run by Creative Steps Inc. cheered Monday when they learned about the actor's gift. Creative Steps director Alethea Wright says she's thrilled about the offer, especially because Perry "comes from humble beginnings" like the children in her camp. The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley has maintained that refunding the camp's swimming fee was not about race but rather a safety issue, in part because many children couldn't swim. Perry is best known for his signature character Madea, a big-hearted but foul-tempered grandmother.
