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Originally Posted by TimBone
I think it's a culture thing, honestly.
When I was in the army, we had a day where we were doing drown proofing training. Basically they tech you how to tread water in full uniform with your rifle. Anyways, they gave us about an hour of free time beforehand to swim and have fun.
During that free time, I swear the pool looked segragated. Everyone was in the pool except for the black people, they were huddled up against the fence hanging out and talking. There was only one black person in the pool, and he was not from America, he was Jamaican.
When it was time to do the training, almost every black person had to be coaxed into jumping into the water off of the diving board. Except for the Jamaican dude, he jumped right in.
I could be wrong, but that makes me think it's a culture thing amongst black Americans, where they just don't swim.
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I would agree.
I don't know many legit black Africans, but black islanders don't seem to have any issues with swimming, which makes sense. Black Americans don't seem to like swimming much, though.
Maybe it has something to do with accessibility as well? Lots of black people live in inner cities without much access to pools. My dad grew up in DC and he can't swim.