CINCINNATI – A landlord found to have 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 Sept. 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 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," the commission said in a release announcing its finding.


An investigation revealed that 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 in her hair chemicals that would make the pool "cloudy," according to the commission.

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."

Commissioners were scheduled to hear Hein's request for reconsideration at a meeting Thursday in Columbus, commission spokeswoman Brandi Martin said.

If the commissioners uphold their original finding, the case would be referred to the Ohio attorney general's office, which would represent the commission's findings before an administrative law judge, Martin said.

Penalties in the case could include a cease-and-desist order and even punitive damages, but the administrative law judge would determine any penalties, Martin said.

It still would be possible for the parties to reach a settlement before resorting to legal action, she said.

Any decision by the administrative judge could be appealed to Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in Cincinnati, Martin said.

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punitive damags work for me.

What do you mean?

Sorry, Don.
That's a discriminative sign.
No one should be allowed to sue over it, but, the city/county should give them a written warning.

Money hungry, not wanting to pay rent, jackasses who would sue over that sort of BS.

He can post 'Will not rent to Illegals.

Ballsy move

Doesn't suprise me coming from Cincinnati. The town is full of crazy azz Germans......

What is scary about all this is that so few people have a problem with the Government telling us who we have to associate with and what we can do with our private property.

This is a violation of the 1st, 5th and 14th Amendments.

I think a "white only" rule is disgusting and I wouldn't do business with anyone with that rule, but the Government does not have the authority to force associations, dictate how private property can be used or compel behavior.

I agree, althought I don't know how bad Ohio is out here but if that were tried our here the person who posted the sign would probably get shot.

Can't put a sign up that states whites only yet the NAACP UNCP and black colleges are perfectly fine! WTH people, you cannot have it both ways!

So, you want to be able to discriminate because you think others discriminate?

No not at all. Just the opposite actually. I think at the time it was created the NAACP and the UNCF were in fact needed. But today where minorities make up almost 40% of the U.S. population I just don't see where they are valid institutions and how they are deemed "politically correct". If someone started a scholarship fund that was exclusively for whites only there would be an uproar. I think if they want us, as white people, to accept them we need to be able to ask the same of them.