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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-12 03:07 AM
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Remember the swim club that denied access to African American kids?

Faced with lawsuits, it went bankrupt. The club has been sold out of bankruptcy, probably for a lot less than it was worth. (One can only hope that it will continue to be a public swim club, one that does not discriminate.)

And the kids denied access will split the proceeds of the sale.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/08/17/Race-bias-case-settled-with-Pa-swim-club/UPI-40971345183840/#ixzz23mx1mYLB


If it becomes an apartment building complex or a mall, that will be too bad, but they will probably be able to make a lot more money that way.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-12 05:31 AM
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1. Justice! nt
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-12 09:30 AM
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2. It's too bad the people involved weren't penalized
ignorant fuckers.....
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