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After an investigation looking into why a Black family's pool party was canceled at the Summit Waves Water Park in Lee's Summit, city officials admitted some fault in the incident.
Summitt Waves water park denied a group of Black teenagers from entering “for no apparent reason than the color of their skin,” the father said.
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Chris Evans, the father of the two teens who’d planned the party, accused park workers of participating in “racial profiling and discrimination.”
A Missouri water park is denying claims of racism after it refused to host a birthday party that brought over 500 guests.
A Black family accused the city of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, of racial discrimination after their teens' pool party was canceled, but the parks department is defending the move.