Tuesday, July 7, 2009

DISAPPOINTED IN THE NAACP

LET ME BEGIN THE FACTS THAT, TOOK PLACE JUST TODAY. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE NAACP. ON FRIDAY, 20 TO 40 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN HAD PAID MEMBERSHIPS TO VALLEY SWIM CLUB IN HUNTINGTON VALLEY, PA. ONE OF THE CHILDREN HAPPENED TO BE MY GRANDAUGHTER. THEIR FIRST VISIT WAS NOT A PLEASANT VISIT. THEY WERE FORCED TO CHANGE IN A SMALL AREA OF THE LOCKER ROOM. AND THEN THEY WERE FORCED TO SWIM IN A SMALL AREA OF THE POOL.

ON MONDAY, THE CHILDREN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM IN THE POOL. AND SEVERAL CHILDREN HAPPEN TO OVERHEAR THE ADULTS WHO ARE IN CHARGED OF THE POOL RECREATION AREA THAT, THEY DID NOT WANT ANY MINORITIES IN THE POOL. THE CHILDREN WERE ASKED TO LEAVE ALONG WITH THE CAMP COUNSELOR.

I DID CONTACT THE NAACP AND INSTEAD ASKING ME WHAT TOOK PLACE, THE UNPLEASANT WOMEN ON THE END OF THE RECEIVER WANTED TO KNOW, IF I WAS A MEMBER OF NAACP.

I AM NOT. YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS INJURED I DID TRY TO RECEIVE HELP FROM THE NAACP AND SADLY, I DID NOT RECEIVE THE HELP I BEGGED FOR. THE WOMEN ON THE OTHER END OF THE RECEIVER WANTED TO, KNOW WHY I WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE NAACP?

I AM BESIDE MYSELF, AT THAT MOMENT IT DID NOT MATTER TO ME IF I WAS OR WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION. MY CONCERN WAS HOW THIS WAS GOING TO AFFECT THESE CHILDREN. THIS IS 2009; WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN US ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. WHAT AFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON THEM?

I SIT HERE AND THINK, HOW WOULD MANY OF YOU FEEL IF YOUR CHILDREN WERE DENIED THE ACCESS TO SWIM IN A PUBLIC POOL THIS COUNTRY IS MADE OF SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE SUCH AS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ASIAN AND SO ON. I FEEL BECAUSE OF THERE RACE, OUR BABIES WERE SENT OF AWAY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THERE SKIN.

SO TO THE NAACP, NEXT TIME A PARENT CALLS YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR HELP. TRY TO BE A BIT MORE HELPFUL AND POSITIVE AND PLEASE, REMEMBER ME. IT SHOULD NEVER MATTER IF; I AM A MEMBER OF YOUR ORGANIZATION. I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP OUR FUTURE!!!!