Slightly off topic, but Cullen Jones is the keynote speaker today for the opening of a new swim center located in predominantly African American Hampton Virginia. The facility looks amazing from the pix.
Answer from DrThoss on reddit.comGBH
Why Are There So Few Black Competitive Swimmers? | GBH
July 26, 2021 - Mission accomplished for my non-swimming sister, who also knew most Black kids can’t swim — 64%, according to a joint study by the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis with the YMCA. That’s one of the reasons there aren’t a lot of Black competitive swimmers, and even ...
Swimming World
Exploring the Racial Disparities in Competitive Swimming
February 4, 2016 - Representation is also something very simple that can go a long way. Elite swimmers like Cullen Jones, Lia Neal, and Simone Manuel are setting an incredible example and paving the way for black swimmers, both young and old, to get involved in competitive swimming.
The Guardian
Why are there no coloured Olympic swimmers? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk
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Reuters
Swimming-Black swimmers still under-represented in the pool | Reuters
July 15, 2021 - Jun 20, 2021; Omaha, Nebraska, ... Swimming competition at CHI Health Center Omaha. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab · LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - When Alice Dearing earned her ticket to Tokyo 2020 as the first Black female swimmer to represent Britain at ...
Quora
Why do black people excel at athletics but competitive swimming appears to be exclusively dominated by white people? - Quora
Answer (1 of 10): I find this an amusing question with many amusing answers. Generally people seem to believe that it is segregation. Or money or a general disinterest in the sport. Because most here assume like the one that asked the question that black people are god's. They excel at anything p...
MySwimPro
Where Are All the Black Swimmers? - MySwimPro
June 3, 2022 - At MySwimPro, we deeply value the diversity of our global community members, ambassadors, and team. Together we stand with the black community. Together, we stand in solidarity against racism and violence, because black lives matter. When members of our community hurt, we all hurt.
Washington Post
‘Nobody else looks like me’: How it feels to be a young Black swimmer - The Washington Post
January 5, 2024 - Swimming is also a less popular ... to try. Black grew up in Prince George’s County, which has produced some of the top basketball players in the country. He tried basketball and football before he started swimming competitively because that’s where his community was visibly represented...
BBC
Why don't black Americans swim? - BBC News
September 3, 2010 - A month ago, six African-American teenagers drowned in a single incident in Louisiana, prompting soul-searching about why so many young black Americans can't swim.
PubMed
Buoyancy of African black and European white males - PubMed
Twenty-six male swimmers (13 Blacks, 13 Whites) matched for age, weight, and stature were subjects in the comparison of anthropometric characteristics and horizontal and vertical buoyancies. Subjects were tested in a swimming pool in the horizontal position. The time necessary for the body ...
WeAquatics
14 Trailblazing and Influential Black Swimmers throughout Time - WeAquatics - Swim Program
August 16, 2024 - Only the third black swimmer to represent Great Britain competitively.
Quora
Why do whites do better in competitive swimming than blacks, and blacks do better in competitive sprinting than whites? - Quora
Answer (1 of 4): One of the things at 54 years of age I've learned to do is refrain from placing limitations on myself or others based on a false construct called race which you are unfortunately using here in a vain attempt to draw unproven conclusions. Race is seldom ever the end game in deduct...
NPR
Racial History of American Swimming Pools : NPR
May 6, 2008 - A new study says 58 percent of African-American children can't swim. Offering perspective on America's strange relationship with water and chlorine is Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.
Quora
Why are blacks so athletic but can’t swim? - Quora
Answer (1 of 34): Swimming requires relaxation and composure and most importantly being able to control your emotions. Blacks almost in their entirety as a species, can't do it. This is why there are prone to violence and crime and fill up prisons disproportionally. A demographic comprised of ab...
LinkedIn
Why can’t Black people swim?
June 28, 2021 - Some of you are probably screaming, “You can’t say that!” Well, before anyone “dives off the deep end” (pun very deliberately intended), this article ambitiously attempts to address the title in three ways: – Why don’t more Black people swim, is it really “Blaquaphobia” (the ...
Yahoo!
The Privilege of Play: From microaggressions to acts of overt racism, why swimming isn't inviting to minority groups
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There's a collective effort to bring more children of color into the water and improve inclusivity in a sport still considered predominantly white.
Published: September 15, 2020
Swimming World
Racial Disparities in Swimming: What Can We Do?
January 5, 2021 - There is no question that there are major racial disparities in swimming, but steps can be taken to provide greater opportunities.
Usaswimming
Black History Month: African-American Swimmers- Why the Disparity?
At the 2012 London Games, just ... three percent of the members of USA Swimming are black. And though there are some phenomenal black kids coming up through the age group ranks, they still are disproportionately under-represented....
Black Kids Swim
Diversity in Swimming - Black Kids Swim - The #1 Family Resource for African-American Swimmers
November 19, 2023 - Black Kids Swim advocates for increased diversity in aquatics programing and competitive swimming. For more information contact Black Kids Swim.