Exclusive: ‘White Only’ Pool Sign Owner Explains

That landlord is an idiot. Whether it was aimed towards the girl is irrelevant…. Swastikas are historical, but you don’t go posting them on a whim!!!!

MORON!

It is really hard not to become hateful after such an experience. Watching years of your hard work and dedication get flushed down the toilet for nothing other than a company having some ridiculous hiring quota.

Seems that if we really wanted to end racism, we would end the very things that are causing it to take root in the first place.

Are you saying that ALL minority hires are sub-par, not qualified enough, and hired only because of quotas? The fact is that if not for quotas, some minority people will never be hired, EVEN if highly qualified. Don’t generalize, generalizing people always gets it wrong.

And…why are we seeing this story in mid December??? No one is using the pool, the sign has been stolen??? This was / is a private pool. She could deny access to anyone she wants. But…. I was on her side until I got to the end of the story. Sorry lady you should have never put that sign up.

It’s her pool, she can exclude whomever she wishes. Go find some real news to report, ABC.

It is a private pool. She can do whatever she likes with her private property. This is America and PRIVATE land owner rights should come first, regardless of PUBLIC perception. It is HER property so she can put up whatever signs she likes. I own a pool and no one swims in it unless either my wife or I allow them to swim in it. I am getting sick and tired of the media, government, and public intruding on the RIGHTS of PRIVATE citizens. I remember the day when you tried something like this and you got ran off the property by the owner and his/her shotgun.

Her story was kind of plausible, until the end when she said her “white rights”. I mean ,come on, really?! If that isnt any indication of her true motives, then I don’t know what is

I should have the right in this country to hang what ever sign I want on MY OWN PROPERTY! Doesn’t matter if its in public view or not, does not matter if it offend YOU or not. My sign, my property… as for the comment she made at the end. We all have rights. People get all messed up over color or race. There are rights specifically for blacks, as well as other races. I think the point is being missed that this lady is saying in a very sarcastic way that she is fighting for her white rights. if you take out that one word, would it matter at all? If you are not racist yourself then her comment wouldn’t bother you. I tell you this, if she were racist she would NOT have allowed that child to swim in her pool. Now THAT would have been racist! Hanging a 70 yr old sign, not so much…

This is news in December because there is a final decision due in January 2012 and an initial decision was made in Sept…True Story: hiring minorities isn’t the ‘root cause’ of racism-hateful, ignorant folks who continue to raise their kids in the same hate is and to get rid of that means wiping out quite a few generations. Aaron, love the comparison to the true story.
Private pool or not, she should have turned the sign where only she could have enjoyed her antique!

She should be charged with a hate crime.

if it were black only then it would be ok.

As to “True Story”‘s comment, that would be sexism, not racism. BIG DIFFERENCE. But, actually, it may not be either, considering I doubt the person in the story knew EVERYTHING about the situation and that grades are private, so Amber may have had a higher grade then he thought. It’s just another moot argument against affirmative action on the WRONG topic. This is about race.
As for the idiot landlord in this story, The claim that she doesn’t have a problem with race is obviously a lie, which has already been pointed out on here with her “white rights” statement. It’s people like this and the above poster “Alton” that keep us moving backwards in our society and not forwards.

Private property? When you start taking on tenants the line blurs about what you can do on your ‘private’ property. I wonder if she pays taxes on her rental units?

I’m sorry, but she’s right….the race card works both ways!

The frosting on the cake is the fact that not only do the tenants know this woman is a bigot but now everyone else in America knows it too. Her name has been reported so it’s just a matter of time when she will start feeling the pain of her own attitude. She just outed herself.

This just goes to show that discrimination is alive and well in 2011. She is a total IDIOT! But she isn’t the only one and she won’t be the last. What’s next? Bringing lynching back on Saturday nites?!! This is very sad, it just shows how low class some people can be. Good they moved, I wouldn’t give her another penny for rent!

“If I have to stick up for my white rights . . . ” Hein’s own words show her to be a racist as well as a liar!

She does have her rights, I personally don’t see a problem with those signs or confederate flags, as long as the owner isn’t showing disrespect to me or anyone else. So go ahead, keep your sign, fly your flags, just as long as you don’t let it go to your head and you start disrespecting african-americans.

S/N: We as an african-american race need to stop being so sensitive. Stop complaining. It’s embarassing to me. It makes us seem like we’re soft and always depending on associations or organizations to do what we can do for ourselves, stand up for our own INDIVIDUAL rights.

Let’s be clear here: racism is not illegal in the context of an individual, personal belief. This woman is a landlord, and therefore, operating a business to an extent, and that’s why the OCRC is involved. If the pool was made available to tenants, like would be in an apartment complex or gated community, the private property claim is flimsy. Antique or not, the sign invokes an era which was oppressive for fellow Americans. IMO, her comment about “my white rights” was merely counter argument, just like “reverse discrimination” seems to only apply to white folks. As though blacks are the only ones treated as such. She’ll be fined, I suppose, but really, what else can the OCRC do? The sign was stolen, and even if she finds another, she probably wouldn’t dare pull this again.

We as an african-american race ——Well, I’m white, and I find offense to the “n” word, that sign, swastikas, etc. I’m not jewish, I’m not black, I’m human. And there is a certain bare minimum set of expectations I have for humans and how they should treat another human. It is probably in your best personal interest not to get upset by that sign. Letting go of anger and idiots who may discriminate is probably best for your mental health, than feeling like you need to fight the world, so, allow us whites to battle it. We have our reputation to uphold, and we will continue to push back against these idiots so that all humans can live their lives in peace, but…if you meet some blacks who white bash—-return the favor.

It’s her property. She can do what she wants. I’m sick of whites not having any rights either. I hate that there were slaves, but I never owned one and am not gonna be held accountable for what others did and not gonna be scared to do what I want. Freedom of speach people. She can spray paint no blacks, mexicans, japanese, chinese, canadians, or anything she wants for that matter on the side of her house. If you don’t like it, don’t read it!

Who do you think this landlord is voting for in the next Presidential race?

Sounds to me as if someone posted the sign for exactly the reason she is saying is not the case. If you wanted to post your antique sign that some may find offensive, then it should have been posted in your home. I believe the sign is a reflection of how the woman feels about her pool, which she obviously cherishes, especially considering that her own father has to have permission before swimming. Terrible and insensitive.

Obviously this sign is offensive, but I fault ABC News for printing this unproductive article. To do so is inflammatory and totally unnecessary.

I don’t agree with the sign or what it stand for but it is her private property and it’s her right to hang any sign she wants.

I dare not comment.

For everyone complaining about the “white rights” comment, think about it for a moment. If a member of a minority complains about something a white does and yells “racism” the white is in the wrong, even if CIVIL RIGHTS say that they should be able to do whatever they are doing. The woman is making a statement, saying that in our current community, civil rights are being trampled for the white majority, because of the fear of hurting a minority member’s feelings. Grow up people.

For those who says that “its her private pool and she can exclude who she wants..” WRONG, If your a landlord and your renting out your property.. that gives rights out those who rents out your property! This white is clearly racist! She knew exactly what she was doing when posted that sign! We are trying our hardest to get rid of any type of racist remarks, and not deal with it in todays society and this woman did this.. and only to think, shes only 31 and didnt live a life in slavery days.. so therefore, something that old shouldnt of meant anything to her! She needs to be pushed! AND also, Hein, you have no “whites only rights” Ur a freak’n retard!

There is a sense of entitlement among many people who are classified as white in this country. Many will respond to this piece with comments like quotas etc., but in reality many whites have benefitted from the quota of being classified as white. One needs only look at the ecoomic disparities to understand this truth. Yes, this woman had a right to put up any sign that she wanted to because of freedom of speech, but in doing so she is deemed as a person who violated anoother person’s civil rights. We can not continue to justify bad behavior with our stories and antedotes. Her actions indicate that she committed a crime and she must face this with fines and penalities. On a final note racism is a total waste of emotion. It may hurt the person it is directed towards, but the real victim is the perpetrator. The person is a prisoner of their own hatred.

@ AD It’s about being civil…not pointing a finger at people saying you can, you can, but you can’t. when your rights infringe/effect others, then it becomes a problem. if you don’t like this don’t read it..too late.

So why is it now a sin for her to say “I have to stick up for my white rights”? I mean seriously guys we hear about “black rights” all the time and they are never accused of being racist. If she was seriously trying to be racist then absolute shame on her. But it seems to me that her rights are the rights being infringed upon. Believe it or not, we as americans do actually have the right to be racist…I am absolutely not saying that this is “right” for anyone BUT we have a right to believe what we believe and she has a right to not allow anyone for any reason to swim in her own private pool. Some times people have bad experiences with people of other races and they develope an over all opinion of the group as a whole that can be unfavorable it isnt fair to “force” them to associate with other races if they do not wish to and I do not feel they should have to appologise for it. I have had a friend who was raped by a white guy…she HATES white men and I am not kidding she will NOT SPEAK to a white guy…do I blame her for this?? Do we now slap a lable on her and call her a racist?? No we respect the decision that she has made and pray that some day she over comes this situation. My point is that you never really know the real reasons that some people feel the way they do.

Posting the sign is not by itself a racist act. If this was hanging in a civil rights museum, it would be considered an important part of the display. However if she refused to let a black tenant or guest into her pool while allowing whites, that would be racist and should be punished. The earlier poster was right in saying people need to stop being so sensitive. Did the father ask to bring his daughter into the pool and was denied or just assume she wouldn’t be allowed in? Before the sign was posted, did the landlord allow any blacks into the pool or did she always restrict access to whites? Things aren’t always so black and white and the journalist here should have dug a bit further into this story.

You have to be a special kind of stupid to post a sign like that in this century. Claiming it’s “historical” is the ultimate lame excuse.

Not only is she a racist, she’s obviously a liar….

OMG – your white rights?? Seriously?? I bet you call yourself a christian too.

“Antique” – LOL. Just like those minds stuck in past centuries.

Lisa 10:17am “Why can’t Whites be? – The problem is that there should be no such thing as white rights or black rights. It should only be civil rights that apply equally to all. That also means no preferences or quotas based on race, gender or other characteristic that isn’t directly relevant to the opportunity.

The truth is science is withholding much information regarding the SCIENCE of human Bio-Mechanics and it is further known that that which they withhold is most assuredly being used against the population of Earth.

We are all well born with a set of UN-inalienable rights irregardless of any documentation of such fix to any medium by man.

It is however critically expedient and EXPONENTIALLY important to appreciate and note that a long held understanding in natural Law revealed to us the human being that for every action there is and equal and opposite reaction.

Therefore; far be it for me or any one to assume authority over what another can and can not do yet it is helpful to understand that your right to act and my right to act are equal and from this position allow me to compassionately, earnestly and sincerely inform you that ones decision of freewill is at no point in any form or shape a Constituted degree of freewill beyond of the LAW of consequence.

GROW UP WORLD

EVERYONE ONE EARTH is entitled by RIGHT: TO LOVE TRUTH PEACE FREEDOM and JUSTICE

Peace and Blessings

Prince Nova

If she’s only interested in the historical value of the sign, why post it ON THE GATE OF HER POOL, where it actually has some implication of her obvious racism? Why not display it in the kitchen of her house, where there’s no pool to infer she sincerely intends to enforce the letter of the sign? An old tin sign like that one doesn’t have any historical value, in my opinion, but she has the right to her own beliefs in that regard. However, she doesn’t have the right to claim that she doesn’t want certain people in her pool, and then post a sign that says, “Public pool”. It seems to me that she is BEGGING for legal trouble just for that part of the sign. The obvious bigotry is only compounding her foolishness.

Chris-WHAT? Whose blaming anyone here. Anyone can be charged with a hate crime.

Hey Chris – When will people learn it makes no sense to get on an article that clearly shows racism and add to it? And I’d like to see you if people had signs up reading “No Chris.”

All of you hollering about how it’s private property…WHY post a sign that says “PUBLIC Pool” then? THAT should be the question burning in your minds. MY private property has signs that SAY “PRIVATE PROPERTY- No Trespassing-access by written permission of owner only”. Now how stupid would it be of me to slap up a sign that says “Trespassing permitted by white people only” on my PRIVATE PROPERTY, if I still didn’t want ANYONE wandering around on my land?

The pool is always closed, stingrays in the water.

Trash collects trash

was actually told during a job interview on 2 occasions that I was qualified for the job and they wanted to hire me but couldn’t because they had to meet a quota to hire an African American. I was told not to repeat that because they could get into trouble. These were law firms. So much for freedom in our country. Posted by: Susan | December 15, 2011, 10:09 am 10:09 am ____________ Yeah. Sure you were told that. You know, Susan, if it weren’t for white PRIVILEGE, there would not have been a need for “quotas” of hiring races other than white. There is no “reverse” racism. Do you know why there is a Miss Black USA? Because Blacks were EXCLUDED from entering the Miss America Pageant. Dolts frustrate me.

I’m going to call this one like I see it. Of course this woman is racist. Read the article and it’s obvious. She knows it, I know, everyone with intelligence should know it. All I want to say to her is, if you’re going to be racist, just admit it. Don’t play dumb and pretend that everyone has misinterpreted you. She’s only doing this because someone reported her and it’s become a national story. This lady put up the sign for others to see, so she should now stand behind her position.

Mst-Mac 11:01am – Then explain why there is still a Miss Black USA pageant? The Miss America and MIss USA pageants were opened up to all races years ago. Just as those pageants were racist when they were for whites only, so is the Miss Black USA pageant today if it excludes other races. By the way, reverse racism really does exist. Racism is found in every race.

Michael, civil rights are for all of us to respect and protect. The whole point is that those who break them are in trouble with the law, it isn’t up to an individual to fight alone for those rights each time. We, thankfully, no longer live in the Wild, Wild West days.
The majority of us want to live in a civilized country where we are all equal. Those in the minority, whatever their color, should feel the weight of the law bear down on them when they go against anyone’s civil rights.
No one looks weak for calling out the bigots. The bigots just look stupid for seeming to be unaware of the way the law works.

I think the woman used the comment “white rights” because someone was using the “black trump” against her. Why can’t we all live together in harmony? Why do we always have to “colorize” everything? I think ABC reported on this just to keep the fire stirred up.

The sign is distasteful. But this is this person’s private pool, she can include or exclude whom ever she pleases.

Black on white racism is very much alive in this country and it is more abundant than white on black racism.

Anyone ever hear of White History Month? How about White Entertainment Channel? How about Miss White USA?

Racism ends when we end putting any race ahead of another. You can’t say end racism yet have so many things that are exclusive to one race. It just doesn’t work that way. Oh and spare me the “yeah but the whites did it x years ago” crap. I’m not talking about yesteryear, I’m talking about today.

Take it down! Keep it hanging in your home if you wanna keep, but otherwise it is very racist!!!! We are in a different time than when this sign was made and its a disgrace to both races actually……what kind of idiot does this and claims its because its antique…..whatever!!!!

The cost of running that pool (water, heat, maintenance) is factored into the amount that the landlord charges each tenant for rent, so I presume the man is paying the same amount of rent that all other tenants are paying then the man should either get a deduction from his rent for not being allowed to use the pool or have the benefits of what he is paying for like all of the other tenants. I imagine the response from this landlord would be to cry foul, it’s not fair, I deserve my money. She opened up this can of worms with her own actions. She deserves what’s coming to her. She’s a bigot, she knows it and now everyone in the US knows it.

Trish — Bet you don’t have a problem with the fact that GENERATIONS of blacks were taught American History as WHITE History. Bet you DO have a problem with the fact that BET was started by a Black man so that music by Black artists could be showcased. Know why? Because MTV would NOT showcase black artists (Michael Jackson finally integrated MTV). BTW, it was ALWAYS White Miss America, until Vanessa Williams won in 1984. I love Vanessa, and it was common knowledge in the African-American community that she was chosen because she has caucasian features. We were proud anyway. That was only 28 years ago. As I stated in an earlier post, during the past decade whites were FOUR TIMES as likely to receive Presidential pardons than blacks. But black people who were denied couldn’t know for sure that the denial was based on their race, BUT IT WAS. The proof is in the pudding. And, discrimination against Blacks (and now Hispanics, Muslims, Gays) continues RIGHT UP UNTIL TODAY.

Nothing like a white bigot that can’t even admit shes a peice of racist garbage. Like white people don’t have chemicals in their hair. If your going to be a worthless racist, embrace it and admit it. Be proud to be a peice of worthless crap.Even funnier are the racist here that are trying to spin this bullcrap like this a-hole didn’t know what she was doing.

Why is Black Entertainment TV (BET) allowed and not considered racist? WET would be, I guarantee it.

Why? Because grandma had a Schnauzer that went potty on the carpet back in 1960, therefore all future Schnauzers must have their noses rubbed in it.

“true story’s”story never mentions anything about race or affirmative action, its only implied because of the context in which its posted. But in regards to affirmative action hiring: “true story”‘ s account seems to be anything but true. A non-descript “dream company does not hire that way from just one school. Sounds like a great tale warning us against affirmative action, but most hr have the pick of the litter. If a position opened up for minorities specifically, they would interview from more than one school. Lol. Just a logical observation. And plenty of positions that open up with preference to minorities are because companies receive tax write offs, grants etc as monetary compensation as well. And as for affirmative action getting in the way of hiring the most qualified, Just ask any Asian that feels like writing “Asian” helps them get into an ivy league school. Affirmative action levels the playing field giving a chance to minorities. A chance that is often paid for with financial incentive many times.

Ocmarsha — Yeah, when you’re on the receiving end of CONTINUED discrimination, it’s never too late. And when you’re on the other end of the stick, you get to say what you said.

I am not African-American, Jamaican-American, Asian-American, etc…I am Polish/Lithuanian-American. This landlord really offends me. Anyone with hate in their hearts offends me.

really…
she must think we are all stupid.
just admit you are a racist and stop the denial.
since it is her own private property then i have to say ‘to each his/her own…’
and just walk away. you can’t make them any more smarter than they wish to be and this woman?
she wishes to be ignorant and live in a time and space that just doesn’t exist anymore.

Then explain why there is still a Miss Black USA pageant?—because the beauty standard is that white women are more beautiful. Long straight, preferably, blond hair, fair skin, is considered the beauty ideal. Hello??? are you this soft to ask this question? You ask 100 men who they prefer, the blond bombshell or a dark skinned black women with her naturally curly coarse hair. There are many beauty contests that try to re-imagine for us what we consider beautiful, plus size beauty pageants, etc, but if you were at all observant you’d notice 99% of actresses have one common look. And even the one successful ‘black’ actress of our day, Hallie Barry, is half white and looks very white. I am white, but I’m not thick. Raising a girl, in particular, is hard with body image, particularly if everything she sees is some ridiculous ideal she will never meet. You should watch Chris Rock’s documentary on black hair. Between the chemicals or the ‘weaves’, it’s ridiculous that black girls cant just grow their own hair and just like it the way it is naturally.

Thank you U.S. Citizen. Just because it’s your private property doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want on it. We have laws and freedom doesn’t equal do whatever you want. This woman obviously is under the delusion that her “white rights” are in jeopardy. Notice she didn’t say property rights.

True Story, your story sounds like a bunch of BS. Name the school and the company that did this. I bet you can’t

In the end, it doesn’t matter if the woman is racist, stupid, mean or simply misguided. It is her property. She doesn’t have to let anyone – regardless of race – use her pool. The question isn’t whether she has the right to be racist – everyone has the right to believe or think what they want no matter how wrong they are or how disgusted we are by their attitude – the only question that matters here is whether she violated anyone’s civil rights by placing that sign on her private property. Yes, the knee-jerk response is yes, but think about it – the ruling by the Ohio Civil Rights Board clearly said that this woman does not have the right to hang an sign with a slogan on her own property – this is about free speech. It’s not about discrimination – unless we know for a fact that her tenants are guaranteed unrestricted access to her pool and that non-white tenants or their guests are banned, there is no proof that she actually discriminated against anyone.

Marie. The landlord is not his cousin get ur facts straight. And the sign wasn’t bought off of eBay. And the rent was not demanded in cash.

The fact is yes if it is on private property she should be able to put whatever she wants, the sad fact is that someone would actually want to take something so hate driven and hang it anywhere for that matter. What trash she must be. Antique or not it is sending a message of hate.

Sorry lady but you erred in judgment. You may have your “white rights” (man, give me a break — how about just plain “rights”?) to display the sign but the context in which it was displayed is improper. Display it in your living room? Fine. Donate it to a civil rights museum for display? Even better. But to display it at a place where black kids just may want to have some recreational fun is a bit over the top. Whether the pool is public or private is not a relevant point; respecting the dignity of kids is.

Mst-Mac 11:35am – I’ve tried to post this three times already but will try once more. Yes, as long as the Black Miss America contest is open only to blacks, it is just as racist as the Miss America pageant was before it opened its doors to minorities and therefore it should be discontinued.

Virtual arguments often times don’t get very far. All it takes is one idiot who none of us knows, to bring us all into a feud about hidden skeletons in our lives. So many people unconsciously hide their own vile thoughts and ways behind the law of the land. However, actions can be either right or wrong regardless of the laws in your land. Simply because our laws may not do the best job of policing who we are inside, does not mean we have no responsibility to be better people inside.

Example: There are no US laws against hating people because of they way they look, but that doesn’t mean we should freely hate others for something like that. Long before there were US laws, this responsibility within existed. I think a lot of people have so much disregard for some types of people, partly because they feel like they’ll never need a person who fits that profile for anything.

There are no US laws against selfishness, but it is much better to be selfless than selfish. I’m sure everyone reading this would agree. Selflessness involes putting our wants aside for a greater cause and purpose for others. The reality is that we cannot sit in the middle. We are all one or the other. What this woman is broadcasting is in fact a selfish act. Knowing all that she knows about what it does to so many people, she does not care at all and she wants to win a trvial victory for herself. Again, what happened to people having a conscience? Wild animals do not have a conscience, but we were given one. This is why we feel sad when we see other people suffer. Where is your conscience?

There is NO explanation for this. Your right to free speech ends when it conflicts with what is right and decent. This is neither right or decent. As for Miss Black America – how many Black contestants showed up to compete for the St. Patrick’s Day queen, or as the Santa Lucia queen, or other ethnic beauty/talent contests? There are hundreds of them in t his country, many of them specific to a certain region or ethnic background. Miss America pageant had a history of excluding non-white (and in some cases ethnic white) participants at the local levels, ensuring that only the blonde, blue eyed Miss America represented this country. That is what led to Miss Black America, and other ethnicity based pageants. Get over it, please!!!

Comon everybody… Don’t act like you don’t understand the real reason that organizations for “Black” people exist today. One person commented that, “Blacks” should stop complaining and “buy their own pools”. Well, the Miss Black USA Pageant is the metaphoric “own pool”. Another person commented that “White” people are more beautiful than “Black” people. Feel the sense of rejection and inferiority??

It is merely a response to a nationwide and often international rejection and condemnation that was very recently aimed at “Black” people. It’s the same reason that there are groups specifically for empowering Women….because for so long, women were rejected and prohibited from doing MANY basic things that “White” men could do, just because they were women. Now, because of that discrimination, such groups exist. We are adults (I think) and should be able to understand the complexity of that whole situation, without trying to use it as a distraction from what’s really important.

And I put “Black” and “White” in quotes, because I have never seen a black or white person. It’s quite rediculous to categorize a person by the color of skin that wraps their body. And again, the skin is NOT black or white. We’re much deeper than a color.

It is unclear from this article exactly what kinds of properties these are. For instance, let’s say the landlord has a house with a pool, and rents out two other houses in the neighborhood. Those tenants are allowed to use her pool if they ask. That’s private property. However, if this is an apartment complex or set of row houses with a pool, it is not private property. Which is it?

Pool use is not the real issue here…. The real issue is the message that the owner was broadcasting on her gate for everyone outside of her home. The pool use seemed to be someething that the tenant did to kick-start or further push his case of descrimination and whatever else.

I’am a white male 59,wife Spanish,son you figure it out.I’am with her namesake above on this get over it.Racism is alive and well I see it every day in a work place that doesn’t allow political material in but I see Obama Tshirts everyday and a company fearful of being declared racist if a word is said.Her right to free speech is hers as is all Americans ignorant or not.I see the NAACP but where is that white org.Racism,I see AMERICANS not AFRO,MEXICAN,ASIAN or WHITE.Go ahead keep the good old days alive and get out the whites only restroom sign.After IKE came through I found Anna late 70′s poor with no one and electrical torn down ,tree on roof,6 men into rap not work I put my problems aside hers were greater.I didn’t see an old black lady but a person,my reward a hug as she wept.I drove 20 miles to check on her.I asked her not to hug me I stink she said you smell like my angel to me.So go ahead worry about that sign.I’ll concern myself with people.Anyone want to help or are we to involved with signs.

A PORTION FROM A STORY ABOUT “BLACK WALL STREET” in Alabama: “About 75 armed African Americans came to the jail to offer assistance to the sheriff to protect the prisoner. The sheriff not only refused the assistance but also deputized the White mob to disarm the Blacks. With a defenseless Black community before them, the White mob advanced to the Greenwood district where they first looted and then burned all Black businesses, homes, and churches. Any Black resisters were shot and thrown into the fires. When the National Guard arrived, they assisted the others by arresting all Black men, women, and children, and herding them into detention centers at the Baseball Park and Convention Hall. As many as 4,000 Blacks were held under armed guard in detention. Dr. Arthur C. Jackson, a nationally renowned surgeon and called by the Mayo brothers (of Mayo Clinic fame) “the most able Negro surgeon in America”, was shot at the Convention Hall and allowed to bleed to death. The “Chicago Tribune” Newspaper reported that Whites also used private airplanes to drop kerosene and dynamite on Black homes. By the next morning the entire Greenwood district was reduced to ashes and not one White was even accused of any wrongdoing, much less arrested.”

The question, “Would there be a problem if the sign said ‘Coloured Only’?” isn’t even valid. When did people of color oppress whites in America socially and economically, with heavy discrimination and the law on their sides?

It’s her property. I also collect old memorabilia and I wish I had my hands on that sign. love it or hate it that sign is a part of our American history. It is what it is. Lady whoever you are. I can appreciate the historic value of the sign. You have on your pool fence is a master piece…And I am a Proud American Black man. If I should ever have an occasion to meet you face to face. it would be my pleasure to deal with you based on the content of your character. Live free.

First off this lady sounds like a real piece of work. Even her father has to ask to use her pool?! Control freak to the hilt! I hope she doesn’t have kids, that’s all we need in the world, more greedy selfish people!

First let me say that I am NOT a racist in any way. As far as the story goes, no matter what this woman says I kind of think she intentionally put up this sign and it is terribly disrespectful.
What does annoy me, however, is that nearly 150 years after slavery was abolished in the US a lot of African-Americans still blame white people and feel like they are “owed” something. I don’t believe that slavery should have ever existed but unfortunately it did. I just wish some of those people that want to continue to carry that chip on their shoulder would just get over it already. We can’t change history we can only work to make the future better for everyone. I have a lot of black friends that are educated, hold jobs and are respectful members of society and I have the utmost respect for them and anyone like them. I like what one blogger said, why can’t we all be referred to as American no matter what color our skin is. God Bless America!

I was going to post a comment but after reading the comments here……

initiating her freedom of speech. It’s her property she can post what she wants, if you don’t like it don’t associate with her.

The Miss Black USA pageant, and other similar institutions, like the “HBC” classification (historically black college), were all created BEFORE African-Americans were permitted to either compete in such events or attend “regular” colleges. It was the segregationists (predominantly white) who forced the creation of these things. Now you’re complaining about its existence? And by the way, white people DO attend HBCs, and how do you know as a white woman you wouldn’t be permitted to compete in Miss Black USA? Has any white person here been prohibited from participating in it?

NO she is NOT being racist. It is a historical sign and it is still a free country. It’s a private home and if they don’ t like they can move.

It doesn’t become okay or even legal if the “Whites Only” sign is posted on Hein’s own property, a property which, by the way, isn’t truly private, as she owns a duplex that is rented to others, thus making the property and the pool shared-use. Historically, many Jim Crow signs were posted on private property, even as late as the 1950s and 60s…for instance, the dentist office below was, no doubt, privately owned, as were the dimestore, the movie theater, the restaurants, the ambulance, the coke machines, etc. However, the sign itself in absence of the lady’s discriminatory actions wouldn’t have been much of an issue. Racial discrimination is against the law. If her pool is allowed to be used by white people but not by blacks, she’s discriminating on the basis of race, and THAT is against the law. The posting of the sign supports that this is EXACTLY what she’s doing. According to the commission officers who investigated this case, multiple witnesses relayed that she posted the sign after the black girl swam in the pool AND also told them that she did so specifically to keep black kids out of the pool. The lady is a bigot.

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White Only

The children laugh, almost disbelieving my memories of growing up in Natchez, Mississippi during the 1950s and 60s. Maybe one day I will write a book, just for them. Pictures in a book of “White only” signs above entrances and water fountains are like “whatnots” on a table, harmless and quiet, unable to reveal the real crime against humanity. And I’ve got a book in me.

A “white only” sign above the only bus or train depot entrance in a thunderstorm, with your mama getting soaked, holding a shoebox full of food because restaurants serve “white only” is another matter altogether.

Approaching the dentist’s office, we would swing to the rear to the “colored” waiting room, the back porch and wooden benches. We couldn’t show enough gratitude and we waited in winter coats, rain coats, and in sweltering summer heat.

The “white only” public school threw their outdated books to the “colored” schools, instead of in the trash. But our diligent teachers taught us to sand the outer edges so the books would at least appear clean and we made book covers from brown grocery bags.

We could buy everything in the dimestore but a soda or a burger from the same dimestore’s lunch counter. All hotel rooms were “white only”. We watched movies from the segregated “colored” balcony of the theaters. People were beaten and killed or just disappeared because voting was for “whites only”. A “white only” ambulance couldn’t respond to a “colored” emergency, so local “colored” funeral homes provided this service to our community, though they had no medical training.

Anonymous,
Avondale Estates, MS

Why are they called Black and Why are they called White?? Yet every other origin is called by it’s
proper race?? Does not make sense!
And in this day and age, we no longer have private property? It seems that nothing is truly yours any longer. No trespassing doesn’t work either!

I own a sign identical to that and I love it.

this womans is obviously is a closet racist. closet racists are still racists, but think just because they don’t go around stringing up blacks, they’re not racists..smh i hope she gets thrown in jail with a lot of blacks and they all know her charge! white rights indeed.

DAVID: “Wow, so much anti-white hate and racism in these comments.” – - – Is anyone really so delusional and clueless to not be able to understand the difference between anti-racism hate and anti-white hate? Or not understand the difference between anti-racism and racism? How an any clear thinking person with half a brain not understan those differences?

This story has a number of different items to itt and the information seems to be leaking out. 1. the landlord banned the child because chemicals in her hair made the pool “cloudy” She knows for a fact that it was this one girl that caused the reaction and it was “chemicals”her hair”. Why her hair and not some other part of other part of her body… maybe sunscreen. The FATHER is the tennant and he would need permission to use the pool and also permission for his daughter use the pool. Would he need to wake her up at 3:00AM to get permission if a “friend” wanted to swim in the pool. If she has a sign that says “public pool” I hope it’s in a walled off area of the property. If I saw a roadside sign that said public pool how would I know it is private? I don’t carry property maps with me.

Exactly what are White rights? This is a serious question. Can someone give me an example of what a White right is? This lady claims such a thing exist. So I would like to know what she thinks her White rights are.

Avowed racist in america have always used words /language or hanging signs to attack or denigrate people of color. Then self righteously wrap the offensive racist comment under the cloak of the first amendment to deflect criticism.. This is a very typical attitude with racist. To illustrate my point, I could claim that I have a lot of white friends, I’d take one home somtime, but I already have a dog.. I hope you understand the type of bitterness statements like these make.

I, too, was on her side until the end of the article. “White Rights”? You mean civil rights? Bigot.

Someone asked if blacks would be this outraged if someone had posted a sign that read, ‘Coloreds Only’….the answer to that is YES! The use of the word colored to define people of color, is as ignorant and racist as the sign the lady hung on her property.

This will be the 2nd time in 2 weeks that I have made the following statement. Isn’t it nice to know that “Jim Crow” is alive and doing well?………..NOT!

This woman is a straight up racist. Period.
The posters who are still relating made-up anecdotes about affirmative action are, as usual, out to lunch. If you’re going to troll the internet regarding “racial quotas” you should at least educate your self about how affirmative action actually works.

Clearly — you two will never get along and blacks aren’t going to get over their resentment of whites in America while they are still living in the system. The only logical conclusion is separation. If the government, civil right organizations and black organizations would allow this – it would happen automatically. Blacks say whites hold them down and stand in their way at every given turn but their leaders fight to remain close to whites and fight to remain under their heel — Instead of doing the logical thing and avoiding them at all costs. Instead of fighting to get in the bed with whitey why not fight for separation. Black only neighborhoods, towns and cities, schools and once that has been in place for a couple of decades there will emerge a stronger black people which can then support themselves with black only businesses. You know very well that if you sought and fought for this you would get it. I suspect the tax payers of the US would gladly even sponsor it – it would certainly be cheaper than all the social aid that is required to keep up the majority of you now – that seems to be nothing but in a dead end repeating cycle of reliance on the system. What are you afraid of? Why haven’t you already done this? Is it not insanity to continue down this same path? You have to disengage from that system and start your own – for yourselves. And unless you want to go back to Africa (which would also a be an option that you could get funding for if you wanted it – but that would be your choice) then this is the logical choice in America. Perhaps you should begin to look at those in your communities and organizations that are constantly trying to keep you in bed with whitey and within the system , rather than away from whitey and out of the system. There have been past black organizations who believed in an idea similar to what I’m saying here. Do you remember? You need to ask yourselves if you are wanting revenge or freedom? And you need to get rid of the non-blacks that come in under the guise of supporting you, but are indeed only subversives or only interested in their own agendas and are simply using you as a tool in said agendas. White liberals and ‘communists’ are numero uno. Where did MLK get you? Why was he so accepted and supported by the system (and yes he was and is)? Why is it his message that is foisted upon you and not, say, Marcus Garvey? Because Garvey’s is of true freedom. King’s is of a continued reliance on white societies and the system that was packaged in the form of a bat wrapped in velvet and knocked upside your collective heads.

Have a good day.

um the sign also says PUBLIC pool? but you have to ask to go in it? it’s a public pool for white people that is actually a private pool for anyone? this woman is an idiot.

David at 6:38 p.m. posts: Wow, so much anti-white hate and racism in these comments.
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I guess we see what we want to see. I don’t see much anti-white hate and racism in these comments at all. What I do see is a lot of hate directed against racists, which usually means whites. But if you think those are the same thing, be my guest. That tells me where you’re coming from.

>>since it is her own private property then i have to say ‘to each his/her own…’

Comments like this one and all the similar ones demonstrate how deep ignorance runs in this country, in addition to racism. Even a summary reading of the Fair Housing Act shows that she can’t discriminate in that way. It’s either hers and nobody gets to use it, or it’s for the tenants (which it apparently was until a black person showed up) and everyone gets to use it.

The cutbacks in education have clearly caused a new generation of ignorants, judging by the comments here.

No one has mentioned the landlord’s lawyer! What kind of idiot lawyer would allow his/her client to say something like that? As for the landlord and the father not being related,…why does the little girl’s aunt keep telling the father that “family doesn’t sue family” ?

I think ALL of you are ignorant, No one owns “their” house, don’t pay your “taxes” and see what happens. I call it rent to your govt and elected officials. THEREFORE, yes the state of Ohio has every right to fine and/or imprison her. Second, since she is white, the State will make an example of her since it made headlines (the State definitely doesn’t want to look weak), YET it’s not offensive to anyone to fly the Rebel Flag. The govt is more racist than this woman. For example: the flooding of New Orleans, LA. Majority of the population was black, where was help then and now? complete neighborhoods confiscated by the govt…… RIGHTS????? your all sadly mistaken about your RIGHTS!!!

When Hein was first informed that a complaint was being filed against her, she denied owning the sign. Then she was shown the photos taken by the father and other friends of the family, and Hein changed her story to the sigh was ‘stolen”. This idiot landlord has lied from the very beginning, the more she opens her mouth the further she sticks her butt into it.

Racism is not illegal. It’s done by everyone, regardless of race. We all have preconceived notions of other races, no matter how small, no matter how much diversity we’ve had in our lives. Posting a sign like this isn’t racism, per se, either – I am fascinated by some of those old signs, especially living in today’s overly PC age. The horrible stories and the way of life blacks faced back then is carried in that memorabilia, and so I think they’re valuable, and serve as a reminder to all people that always bowing to the whim of the majority can have horrible consequences. They’re worth looking at and thinking about and showing to our children.

As a landlord, there are things this lady did that bordered on acts that might actually make her racist beliefs illegal. I wouldn’t have hung this sign even on my private property if there was any chance it could be misconstrued by tenants, but I’m a lawyer and I’m very aware of liabilities. I completely agree that private property is private property, do what you will on your own property. But as a business person, it’s not really smart to do things that invite lawsuits, because they’re expense to defend, even if you’re completely in the right.

I mostly feel sorry for the father and this little black girl. I would have chosen to take the opportunity to explain the history involved with signs like that from 80 years ago. I know it’s a big topic, but kids need to learn about people and tolerance, and that some people don’t have any tolerance at all. I probably would have also taken a moment to explain that even though some person might post a sign like this, you are a person with the same rights as anyone else, and posting a sign doesn’t mean you have to obey it. It would be a great lesson to learn for a curious child. I hope this story opens up dialogs for others to discuss these things.

Cincinnati is still one of the most racist cities in the US.

I am truly shocked to see so many people defend this woman. I am also shocked, and saddened, to see that Ms. Hein is only 31 years old. I thought this sort of ignorance and hatred was dying out, but I can see there is still a LONG way to go.

For all of you “white rights” supremacists out there, I would remind you that the days of a white majority are numbered. That’s a simple fact of demographics. For your grandchildren’s sake, I would recommend embracing tolerance, fairness, and just plain human decency now.