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How racism harms White people, too CNN 3/6/2021 By John Blake, CNN © From Missouri Historical Society The vast Fairgrounds Park pool in St. Louis, in an undated photo. It closed in 1956. If you re a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might just change your mind. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis was the largest public pool in the US when it was built in 1919. It featured sand from a beach, a fancy diving board and enough room for up to 10,000 swimmers. It was dug during a pool-building boom when cities and towns competed to provide their citizens with public amenities that promoted civic pride and symbolized a perk of the American dream.

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