"A landlord wants the Ohio Civil Rights Commission on Thursday to reconsider its finding that she violated the law by posting a "white only" sign at her swimming pool.
Jamie Hein has asked the commission to reverse its initial ruling that found she violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by putting up a sign that read "Public Swimming Pool, White Only" at her Cincinnati duplex (FoxNews).
The report goes on to say the defense is that it's a historical sign, which might be the lamest excuse I have ever heard. The whole thing started, because a black girl that lived in the community swam in the pool, and one of the people said that chemicals in her hair made the pool cloudy. I doubt it did, they just didn't like black people around.
They said they got the sign from Alabama (shocking), and it's from 1931. Listen, just because it's historical doesn't make it ok. Plus, they only did this after a black girl pissed them off. This would be like if a Jewish person worked for me, and after they screwed something up, I was like "well from now on you have to wear this Yellow Star around the office". Just because it might be a historical item there is some history that really doesn't need to be brought back... Segregation happens to be one of them.