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Rb6d says

Portland, Oregon

That says it all.

Prompted by the question "Are 1920's dance records racist"?

https://qz.com/1153516/americas-wholesome-square-dancing-tradition-is-a-tool-of-white-supremacy/

There was a huge fad in square dancing from about 1948 to 1952. My parents joined a group outside the 12 couples with whom they had been friends since 1924. They would congregate at the Fish Pond Country Club which had been founded in 1896 as the Waco Boating and Fishing Club northwest of Waco close to the lake. The original frame clubhouse burned in the 30's and was replaced by a moderne looking stucco structure that became a Waco icon and where I grew up swimming in the summers. They had a Wurlitzer juke box in a big ballroom that was free but you had to bring your own records. I loved watching them load the records and got my first glimpse of the famous Zenith Cobra tone arm which Zenith allowed Wuriitzer to use from 1948 to 1952 because of its light weight compared the usual heavy clodhoppers in use. There's a sequence in the 1952 suspense movie Niagara starring Marilyn Monroe where the villain calls for everyone to square dance. I got my own turn in 1956 and 1957 when kids in junior high had to learn square dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEZMXnQGs8

Another harbinger of the modern world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1Ri4yLpno

Sitting out by my pool watching the kids play with their neighborhood friends of different colors, I just have to wonder:
Are swimming pools racist?

Google says not only yes but hell yes!

“ Public pools used to be everywhere in America. Then racism shut them down.”
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/15/public-pools-used-to-be-everywhere-in-america-then-racism-shut-them-down/

Google itself.

Shaman says

“ Public pools used to be everywhere in America. Then racism shut them down.”
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/15/public-pools-used-to-be-everywhere-in-america-then-racism-shut-them-down/

Not racism. Unsupervised Niglets pushing each other around until one bashed their head on the side of the pool, then fatty McCrackhead Mom sued. They tried staffing with expensive lifeguards but the kids just ignored them and kept suing for every injury.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

then fatty McCrackhead Mom sued

At least this proves the efficacy of lawsuits. We should be suing the left every day for the death and destruction they cause.

GreaterNYCDude says

Google itself.

This is wonderful!

Google should be cancelled because it is so so racist! We should all be campaigning for that.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

McCrackhead Mom sued

The Lion's Park opened its swimming pool in Waco in 1958, six years after the park opened. it became a staple of summer enjoyment for decades. Then, in 1993 or 1994, the park was informed that insurance coverage for the pool would cost $1M and that was the end of the pool. Waco used to have three other pools in various parts of town, all gradually closing through the years, leaving only the Lions Park pool as a centrally located facility. Now, the only pool is an outside operated water park way on the northeastern edge of town that has already gone through three absentee owners.