Cincinnati Landlord Posts "Whites Only" Sign At Swimming Pool
Even in the new millennium racism and hatred continue to thrive:
A landlord found to have discriminated against a black girl by posting a "White Only" sign at a swimming pool wants a state civil rights commission to reconsider its decision.
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who's white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents. The parents filed a discrimination charge with the commission and moved out of the duplex in the racially diverse city to "avoid subjecting their family to further humiliating treatment," the commission said in a release announcing its finding.
An investigation revealed that Hein in May posted on the gated entrance to the pool an iron sign that stated "Public Swimming Pool, White Only," the commission statement said.
Several witnesses confirmed that the sign was posted, and the landlord indicated that she posted it because the girl used in her hair chemicals that would make the pool "cloudy," according to the commission.
It was for "historical" reasons? How stupid does this lady think we are?
What really gets me about this is that it did happen in Cincinnati, a town that ten years ago was the focus of the nation during huge race riots. Perhaps that's an historical lesson Hein should learn.
