Not the Jim Crow South. Modern-day Ohio. The Ohio State Civil Rights Commission ruled against her, finding she violated the state's civil rights act. Now she is appealing. Her defense:
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.
And what of all the other people who use chemicals in their hair? Does this landlord really think she is not being completely transparent?