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[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 1:57 PM. Reason : slow]

8/13/2008 1:57:32 PM

from a black person

8/13/2008 1:58:23 PM

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"ability to point your toes has nothing to do with you sinking like a rock. "

I wasn't saying that it did. Not being able to point my toes does inhibit my ability to stay afloat though.

8/13/2008 2:13:20 PM

it's cause if they found out that they could swim they would take it over like basketball

8/13/2008 3:37:39 PM

From the USASwimming.org site:

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"Why Underrepresented & Economically Dis-advantaged Youth Do Not Participate In many sports, participants are stereotyped for either a certain position, event or group. For example, your typical NFL quarterback is a white male, weighing 220 pounds and is 6’ 4” tall. In swimming the typical swimmer has come from a middle class Caucasian family, hence USA Swimming’s nickname as a “country club sport”. In order to understand why underrepresented and economically disadvantaged youth do not participate in swimming, we must identify the trends that discourage them. These trends are: 1. Historical traditions related to ethnic relations in society as a whole. 2. The history of an underrepresented group’s involvement in a particular sport. 3. The proportion of underrepresented and majority group members in a sport and on particular teams. 4. The ethnic backgrounds of team coaches, board of directors and others. 5. The perspectives used by those who assess skill development and the areas from which they recruit their athletes. 6. Money, money, money. It costs swimming families approximately $1000-$2000 annually per child to participate in the sport. Cost considerations: team membership, USA Swimming registration, competitions, swimsuits, goggles, travel, and other expenses. 7. Transportation to and from practice and competitions. Many children involved in Outreach come from single parent households and/or single or no car households. Single parents often are unable to transport their children because of the intrusion on work time. 8. There are solutions to the trends that discourage participation in swimming. As more organizations, sport groups, foundations, and individuals study successful Outreach programs that offer opportunities in a diverse society, solutions become available through education, cooperation and understanding."

8/13/2008 3:39:41 PM

https://swimfoundation.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=281&srcid=216

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"New Study: 58 percent of black children can't swim. By DAVID CRARY - May 1, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can't swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the sport."

8/13/2008 3:40:44 PM

only 6 men on the swim team?

8/14/2008 9:18:05 AM

shoot naw, you ain't gonna catch me out there cuba divin

[Edited on August 14, 2008 at 9:21 AM. Reason : haha, looked back on page 1 and somebody posted it...excellent]

8/14/2008 9:20:40 AM

It's almost as if people are terrified to admit that white people may be better than black people at something.

8/14/2008 10:09:18 AM

8/14/2008 10:44:04 AM

i had noted that. 1/4. but yes still 10000x better than myself. i am an average swimmer, but sink like a rock.

8/14/2008 11:14:01 AM