Reply #114: Wouldn't it have made sense then to say "we are not equipped...

[Hansel]

to handle 65 children at one time" instead of "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club."

Their comment doesn't say they can't handle 65 kids at one time. If they were not meaning this as a discriminatory action then their use of the words "complexion" and "atmosphere" is unfortunate.

The kids were only going to be there one day a week for a couple of hours during the summer. How does that change the club's atmosphere outside of that time period? Here's how: the kid's parents think it's alright to become members. And once they start coming in, they will bring their families and friends and pretty soon the people with the "right complexions" stop coming. I've live around racists and red necks for far too long not to know exactly what this statement meant.

65 children could fit comfortably in most club pools. In addition, the children come with counselors. I worked at an inner city social service agency and we were not allowed to bring the kids to any pool without an adequate number of Red Cross certified lifeguards from our staff accompanying them.

Occam Razors tells me that they said complexion because they meant complexion.