Black Woman, Daughter Subjected To Blatant Racism Just Because Of Swimming Pool By White Man Who Posed As Health Inspector

The Western world can not purge itself of downgrading people of other skin colour as a black woman and her daughter were used as object of racism just because of using a swimming pool.

The ugly incident happened in the United States as global anti-racism campaigns continue all over the world.

Newsweek learnt that a black lady said she and her daughter experienced “blatant racism” when a white man posing as a health inspector asked them if they had showered before using a pool at a hotel in Pasadena, California, during their vacation.

The incident occurred on Monday at The Westin hotel. Carle Wheeler posted a video of the incident on Facebook on Wednesday, claiming she and her daughter were at the pool when they were approached by a white man. The man claimed to be a health inspector who asked them if they had showered before entering the swimming pool.

“The man asked if me and my little girl had showered before getting into the pool because people carry diseases into the pools and he doesn't want the health department to shut the pool down,” Wheeler wrote on Facebook.

Wheeler was able to capture the incident on camera. In the video, the man is being confronted by hotel staff and Wheeler, and he apologizes for asking them the question.

“I simply asked them if they’d showered. I’m sorry,” the unidentified man says in the video.

The man continues to say that he asked Wheeler and her daughter if they showered because it was part of the “rules” and he was “tired of getting in pools people consider baths.” Wheeler said he did not ask anyone else who was in the pool if they had showered.

“Google it! Google the diseases in pools,” the man said.

A man who identified himself as the manager of the hotel then asked the man to step to the side. He apologized and said the unidentified man was a guest of the hotel and that he would speak to him. A spokesperson from the Pasadena Health Department told KTLA that they did not recognize the man and said no health inspectors were at the Westin pool that day.

The video already has over 1.9 million views on Facebook. Newsweek has reached out to Wheeler and the hotel for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.

File photo, from Google, used as illustration

Source: Newsweek

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