A woman says a white man tried to kick her family out of a hotel pool because of their 'dirty black skin'

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• A black woman claims her family was involved in a racist incident at a Westin Hotel in Pasadena, California, on Monday.
• Carle Wheeler claims that she and her family were swimming the hotel's pool when a white man claiming to be a health inspector questioned their cleanliness.
• In a Facebook post, Wheeler said that the man verbally harassed her family, and specifically attacked her 5-year-old daughter.
• Wheeler said then man questioned if her daughter had bathed before entering the body of water "because people carry diseases into the pools."
• Wheeler claims the hotel staff didn't help her when they attempted to intervene.

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A black woman claims her family was involved in a racist incident at a Westin Hotel in Pasadena, California, on Monday. Carle Wheeler claims that she and her family were swimming in a pool when a white man claiming to be a health inspector questioned their cleanliness.

In a Facebook post, Wheeler said that the man verbally harassed her family, specifically her 5-year-old daughter, and claimed that they might be carrying diseases because "people carry diseases into pools." Wheeler believes he approached them because of the color of their skin.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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