GBH
wgbh.org › news - do not use - select a subsection › news > commentary 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
swimmingworldmagazine.com › home › exploring the racial disparities in competitive swimming 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.
Reuters
reuters.com › lifestyle › sports › swimming-black-swimmers-still-under-represented-pool-2021-07-15 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 ...
The Guardian
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PubMed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 28561485 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 ...
MySwimPro
blog.myswimpro.com › home › where are all the black swimmers? Where Are All the Black Swimmers? - MySwimPro
February 25, 2020 - 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.
BBC
bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-11172054 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.
Quora
quora.com › Why-do-black-people-excel-at-athletics-but-competitive-swimming-appears-to-be-exclusively-dominated-by-white-people 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...
WeAquatics
weaquatics.com › home › 14 trailblazing and influential black swimmers throughout time 14 Trailblazing and Influential Black Swimmers throughout Time - WeAquatics - Swim Program
February 9, 2023 - Only the third black swimmer to represent Great Britain competitively.
Quora
quora.com › Why-are-blacks-so-athletic-but-can-t-swim Why are blacks so athletic but can’t swim? - Quora
Answer (1 of 24): The question should be “Why are so many top track-and-field stars and basketball players black, yet there are no top black swimmers. As a black African who could swim up to 3 miles in my youth, but never tried to swim competitively, I have thought about this question, and ...
LinkedIn
linkedin.com › pulse › why-cant-black-people-swim-terence-parris 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 ...
PBS News
pbs.org › newshour › show › how-this-all-black-swim-team-is-making-waves-in-college-sports How this all-Black swim team is making waves in college sports | PBS News Weekend
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Competitive swimming is often dominated by white athletes, but one school is trying to change that. Since 2016, Howard University has been the only historically Black school with a swim team. Today, only 2 percent of all college swimmers are Black. Swim coach Nicholas Askew joins Stephanie ...
Published: February 19, 2023
Usms
usms.org › fitness-and-training › articles-and-videos › articles › blacks-dont-swim 'Blacks Don't Swim'
November 1, 2010 - To be honest, I just sat there staring out at the water. I couldn’t believe what I had just heard from the woman sitting next to me. “Look” she continued, “I’m not saying it, but my friends say that black people don’t have the buoyancy to be swimmers.”
Swimming World
swimmingworldmagazine.com › home › racial disparities in swimming: what can we do? 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.
NPR
npr.org › 2008 › 05 › 06 › 90213675 › racial-history-of-american-swimming-pools 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.
Black Kids Swim
blackkidsswim.com › diversity-in-swimming Diversity in Swimming - Black Kids Swim - The #1 Family Resource for African-American Swimmers
March 13, 2019 - Black Kids Swim advocates for increased diversity in aquatics programing and competitive swimming. For more information contact Black Kids Swim.
Gal-dem
gal-dem.com › black-people-cant-swim-is-a-stereotype-but-it-can-also-be-deadly ‘Black people can’t swim’ is a stereotype, but it can also be deadly – gal-dem
If you ask most black people or people of colour if they can or do swim, you’ll probably hear several versions of the same answer. We might prioritise our hair, or say we don’t see the representation that we need, or even question our bone density. The lack of diversity in the recreational side of swimming inevitably influences representation on the competitive ...
Utoronto
utoronto.ca › news › u-t-expert-troubled-history-black-people-have-had-swimming U of T expert on the troubled history Black people have had with swimming | University of Toronto
Why did the Black boy drown? Because he couldn’t swim. And he couldn’t swim because learning to swim is one of those intersections where race, space and class collide. Black people in the United States drown at five times the rate of white people. And most of those deaths occur in public ...