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Really. Read this and tell me that I'm overreacting when I get angry about racism and discrimination. Read it and tell me that there's no reason for people of color to hate their own skin.

I can't even imagine what I would have done had I been one of the Creative Steps staff members, or if I were a parent who was present at the time. Part of me would have wanted to run screaming immediately for a lawyer, capture the moment on video and post it on Youtube for everyone to see. But therein lies the double-edged sword of discrimination. Even if that pool did let those kids in, why would they want to use it now that they'd been made acutely aware that they weren't wanted there, that their color was somehow contagious?

I can't even express what I feel about this story anymore - appalled, shocked, saddened. I can complain and write and whine for the rest of my life and I still won't be able to adequately express the alienation that results from discrimination.

If I ever hear my children make excuses that "they're only HALF asian" I think I will kill myself.