And young Mr. Hignite seems to have done his homework.

I can see two scenarios here. One is, 60 black kids showed up, the pool didn’t realize it was a largely black day camp, they freaked out because they’re a bunch of racists. The other is, 60 black kids showed up, their behavior was terrible or they had no supervision or something, the pool people freaked out because of the bad behavior. The article doesn’t address the question; I think the second scenario is possible but the first scenario is more likely.

UPDATE: The pool club claims it was the size of the group, saying they “underestimated [sic]” their facility. This claim seems somewhat bogus to me; what it sounds like, from the comments of pool club members, is that the members raised a stink and the management caved. I’d be willing to bet the stink was 50% “I don’t want a bunch of black kids here” and 50% “I don’t want 60 kids swimming while I’m trying to do a few laps”. I can empathize with the latter; our local pool is reasonably big but 60 kids would be a melee. Still, it’s the kids who got a(nother) taste of racism. Sorry, kids.

The little children cried when the White House staff wouldn’t let them in. Wait until the little tykes see their share of the new deficit.

Via Colfax.