Resort That Refused Black Family Pool Access Must Pay

US News ^ | 8/11/05

[NASBWI]

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[NASBWI]

"I am wondering what is the safe capacity of the pool? and how many from a family of moer than 100 were trying to use it?"

It's a valid question, but had that been taken into account and explained to the family, I'm sure there would not have been a lawsuit, but rather a way to work around the large number of children (perhaps letting groups at a time in the pool?).

[mhking]

I'm gonna get nailed for this but...private property owners should be allowed to restrict/admit whoever they please onto all or any of their property.

So they should be permitted to keep us "filthy dark people" out, right?

Feh.

[Conservative Infidel]

Bingo! We have a winner!!

Also, the settlement precludes the resort from speaking about this, but the "extended family" sure had no problem finding someone to document their story. I hate when only one side of a story is presented.

[Dolphan]

Read the rest of my posts...

Just as you should have the right to keep out whomever you please on your own private property.

[mhking]

 

Double-barrelled Mega-PING! to both lists! If you want on, FReepmail me!

[N3WBI3]

It's a valid question, but had that been taken into account and explained to the family, I'm sure there would not have been a lawsuit

Based on what? Ive seen suit for dumber things and so have you.

[LexBaird]

Yeah but refusing to allow black people to use the pool when you allow white people to use it is clearly a civil rights violation.

Funny, I see lots of restrictions on what the Govt. can do in the 14th Amendment. I don't seem to see the part restricting what citizens can do.

This whole thing could have been better dealt with by bad publicity, and private organizations and customers stopping their patronage. There is no longer a need for these laws; the public opinion of bigots like the manager of this resort has firmly settled and Jim Crow businesses won't thrive.

[Skooz]

I agree 100%.

[Responsibility1st]

safe capacity

Thank you for suggesting this also. See my post # 54.

This whole issue could be race related, but I doubt it.

We've been down this road before with the MSM and their one-sided view of the news. I call it selective reporting. I suppose if ALL the facts were truly presented, we would not be having this discussion.

If all the facts were known... this would be a non-story.

[SlowBoat407]

Now you've done it, Dolphan. You got a "just damn" from the "king" of "just damn".

[wagglebee]

If it happened as presented, a fair call. I notice that there was no defense presented in the article. Did the resort offer any?

They settled giving an apology and an undisclosed sum of money. That usually means that they either don't have a defense or they don't have one that they think a jury will buy.

[Dolphan]

Just as long as I don't get a "just banned" from the King of FR, I'm OK.

[Alexander Rubin]

Outrageous.

[Mulch]

Agreed.

What about the rights of the business owner? He has the right to determine for himself who he wants to to do business with. If a black businessman wanted to exclude whites he should have that right as well. The consumer's rights have also been violated since they do not have a choice to go to an all whites/blacks business or an integrated business. The government does not have(or at least shouldn't have) the constitutional authority to interfere.

Blacks organizations and institutions exclude whites all the time and no one seems to make a fuss over that. Lets name a few: black businessman's associations, college fraternities, political organizations, black MBA Association, black pages (like the yellow pages but only black owned business are included),

[colorado tanker]

Geez, this kind of thing still happening in the 21st century.

[LexBaird]

So they should be permitted to keep us "filthy dark people" out, right?

Why should the Government be used as a tool of first choice to address this type of issue? Aren't the other methods of punishing this type of antisocial behavior just as effective: boycotts, bad publicity (such as the resort is getting right here), public shunning, picketing, even FReeping? Shouldn't those approaches be the preferred method for a conservative to push social values, as opposed to resorting to the apparatus of the Federal Government?

[colorado tanker]

I can't tell you how many times I've heard a litigant say after getting a boatload of money in a lawsuit, "but money can never replace . . . ." But they always take the money anyway.

[Dolphan]

To me this is not a black or white issue.

I have no problem with the black this or black that organization.

I believe in the freedom of association, and if X number of black ____ want to organize, god speed.

[HostileTerritory]

Well, Hatteras, why don't you follow up with this story and let us know. In the meantime, I see no reason to speculate bad things about people and criticize them for it when they had a valid complaint.