Stupid Foreigners

dagseoul:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

A Cincinnati landlord named Jamie Hein posted a sign on her apartment complex’s swimming pool entrance which read, “PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL: WHITE ONLY.” A few days later, discrimination charges were filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission by Michael Gunn, an outraged tenant.

From the complaint:

“We invited my daughter, who is African-American, to visit and swim in the pool for the Memorial Day weekend,” Gunn wrote in his complaint. “The owner, Jamie Hein, accused my daughter of making the pool ‘cloudy’ because she used chemicals in her hair. Days later, she posted [the sign].”

But when ABC News confronted Hein, 31, about the sign, she denied any wrongdoing or malice:

“I’m not a bad person,” said Jamie Hein of Cincinnati. “I don’t have any problem with race at all. It’s a historical sign.”

(gawker)

Story Links:

• WKRC Cincinnati: Cincinnati Landlord Disputes Race Discrimination Finding
• Jezebel: Woman Still Doesn’t Understand Why Her “White Only” Swimming Pool is Racist
• ABC News: Exclusive: “White Only” Pool Sign Owner Explains
• MSNBC the grio: “Whites Only” landlord says she has no problem with race

I lived in Ohio for six months before coming to Korea. Of all the places I’ve lived—places like Tulsa, Charleston, Orlando that have their own troubling histories of white supremacy—the Cincinnati area is the most racist. White people are happily vocal about their hate for black and brown people there. And the Over the Rhine neighborhood, the city’s historic black neighborhood, is treated by whites as if it’s a leper colony. I was only too happy to leave. This story does not surprise me. The hate in this region is palpable.

Trying to find a photo of Jamie, but haven’t had luck yet.

damn ohio, get it together

(via of-praxis)