Most black kids can’t swim, and segregation is to blame.
A history of racial discrimination at pools may be the reason black Americans can’t swim.
In 2014, the CDC found that an 11-year-old black child is 10 times more likely to drown than a white child the same age. The notion that “black people can’t swim” may sound like a stereotype, but it’s a real disparity and it’s rooted in a history of discriminatory access to swimming pools
www.vice.com/en/article/8xbyax/most-black-kids-cant-swim-its-not-just-a-stereotype-its-history
FFS. Is there anything white people can’t be blamed for?
Tess
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