"What Are Those Black Kids Doing Here?"

The Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission has indicated that it will investigate allegations that the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania discriminated against a group of minority children who were swimming at the club's pool. According to Alethea Wright, the director of a Creative Steps, a summer camp for minority children, her organization paid for weekly swim time at the pool. While at the pool on June 29, "A couple of the children ran down saying, 'Miss Wright, Miss Wright, they're up they're saying, 'What are those black kinds doing here?'" Wright said that club members pulled their children out of the pool. The club later refunded the camp's payment. Wright has stated that some of the children have asked if they are "too dark" to swim in the pool. The club president has denied any wrongdoing.