Change of "Complexion"

Check out this whacked out story from Philly...

Days before a Northeast Philadelphia day camp's membership at a private suburban swim club was rescinded, several of the campers said they had heard racial remarks about themselves at the pool.
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Sixty-five campers, kindergartners through seventh graders who are African American and Hispanic, arrived at the private swim club around 3:30 p.m. on June 29. It was their first visit to the club, but the camp had made arrangements for weekly trips on Mondays through Aug. 10.
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On July 3, Wright said, the camp's $1,950 check in membership fees to the swim club was refunded, meaning the children no longer had access to the pool. She said Duesler gave no reason for the refund except that the membership no longer wanted the children at the pool.

Repeated attempts to reach Duesler, other club officers, and the club's management yesterday were unsuccessful. NBC10, which first reported the story, said yesterday that Duesler had given the station the following statement: "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion . . . and the atmosphere of the club."

What's the "local angle" on this story you might ask? Well, when I was a kid I went to the same YMCA summer camp as the kids in this story. My grandparents lived right around the corner from the place (see below). It's where I made my first lanyard keychain; it's where I learned to ply red-light-green-light; it's where we made crappy paper-mache junk; it's where I first jumped on a trampoline and climbed a rope ladder. Good times! Sounds like the place has undergone a "change of complexion." Sorry to hear they closed the pool. [click image for larger view.]