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Sports Lessons Help Defeat Racism

By Wayne Baker On July - 13 - 2009
There are times when we realize how important the lessons we learn in sports are as they relate to the real world.  Case in point, take a look at the recent actions of the Huntingdon Valley Club. For those of us who have been out of the loop lately, the Huntingdon Valley Club is a private swim club in a gated, bucolic setting located in a predominantly white suburb of Philadelphia. On June 29, a day camp called Creative Steps, which is made up of 65 mostly Hispanic and African-American kids under the age of 18, had arranged with HVC to swim at the ...

Sports Lessons Help Defeat Racism

By Wayne Baker On July - 13 - 2009
There are times when we realize how important the lessons we learn in sports are as they relate to the real world.  Case in point, take a look at the recent actions of the Huntingdon Valley Club. For those of us who have been out of the loop lately, the Huntingdon Valley Club is a private swim club in a gated, bucolic setting located in a predominantly white suburb of Philadelphia. On June 29, a day camp called Creative Steps, which is made up of 65 mostly Hispanic and African-American kids under the age of 18, had arranged with HVC to swim at the ...
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