What Are We Back In 1950??? Ohio Landlord Defends Her Decision to Put Up ‘Whites Only’ Sign Outside Pool Because Black Girl ‘Used Chemicals in Her Hair That Would Make the Water Cloudy

A landlord who discriminated against a black girl by posting a ‘White Only’ sign at a swimming pool wants a state civil rights commission to reconsider its decision. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission found on September 29 that Jamie Hein, who’s white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents. The commission said: ‘The parents filed a discrimination charge with the commission and moved out of the duplex in the racially diverse city to ‘avoid subjecting their family to further humiliating treatment’. An investigation revealed that Ms Hein in May posted on the gated entrance to the pool an iron sign that stated ‘Public Swimming Pool, White Only,’ the commission statement said. Several witnesses confirmed that the sign was posted, and the landlord indicated that she posted it because the girl used chemicals in her hair that would make the pool ‘cloudy,’ according to the commission. Ms Hein, of Cincinnati, hung up when The Associated Press called her for comment Tuesday. A message was left at her lawyer’s office. The commission’s statement said that its investigation concluded that the posting of such a sign ‘restricts the social interaction between Caucasians and African-Americans and reinforces discriminatory actions aimed at oppressing people of color.’