I was thinking finding this center would be a good thing for my children but our first experience there showed me I was 100% wrong about that. Due to the rain my children who play basketball were told to come up there for practice with their coach and when arriving there we were told to sign in there was a long line of children waiting to also sign in. I stood in line with my two sons one Caucasian and one African American I myself am Caucasian thinking no big deal right this is a center for kids nothing bad is gonna happen here ....we watched every person also African American sign in and walk to the gym no words being exchanged between them and the man behind the counter. It becomes time for my Caucasian son to sign himself in and I grabbed the pen for him to use and the African American man says " don't you grab my pen until they speak to me" I smiled because I was thinking he was messing with them since they are 9 years old and shy so maybe he was just kidding no he wasn't...I tell my children to speak even though I felt the request was outrageous since he didn't ask anyone else to speak to him but even after my son says hello to the man he insisted they speak by saying "so neither of you are going to speak to me" again I the parent was speaking to him no need for my children to speak so I explained to him there is no reason to make them speak to him they are shy and now feel uncomfortable because he's being extremely rude to them in front of everyone and they just watched over 10 kids go in without any problem and he just gets meaner. He then argues with me for a payment that my children's coach had paid in front of us and eventually my children are allowed in to practice after hes spoken to the coach. So after speaking with the coach and making sure it was ok myself and their two little brothers 1 year old & 4 years old sat in the car because the hostility from the man was so intense that I didn't feel comfortable anymore. I hope we never have to practice there again. I wish I would of known how it was going to go because I would of signed them in myself and took them away from that situation. Racism is real and it's everywhere for all races. My son loves his team and his friends and he doesn't see anything wrong with that he doesn't understand why people like this make him feel out of place and different 2 of his brothers are African American he doesn't understand this racism from people he doesn't even know and why it's only directed at him and to single a 9 year old out in front of a gym full of people is wrong for any reason. They are not required to speak and if you do require something like that at your establishment request it from EVERY single child that comes in not just the ones you feel are different! read more