I'm not a racist but...

[socialstrat]

this did make me chuckle:



The whole story's actually quite cool:

Brandon Bass, 28, is a top athlete. He starred in college at Louisiana Tech and is entering his third season at power forward for the Boston Celtics. But there’s at least one thing that his athletic prowess didn’t allow him to do: swim.

“My son’s the first one in the family to learn how to swim,” Bass told the Boston Globe. “If you threw me out in the ocean, I would drown.”
Bass and his family grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana without a real place to swim. When he was a kid, a neighbor who was his age drowned, and the memory stuck with him. Now, he’s conquering his fears by volunteering with 10 young children at the Boston Boys and Girls Club who are all learning how to swim. Like the kids, Bass is afraid.
“I’m nervous, because I don’t know how to float,” he told the Globe. “I can’t tread water.”
Bass’ situation isn’t unique. According to a , 60 percent of black children can’t swim. In his book “Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America” author Jeff Wiltse writes about how municipal swimming pools were often segregated during mid-20th century when swimming became a popular recreational activity in the United States. The impact of those policies are still being felt by people like Bass, who grew up in communities where virtually no one swam.
Here’s video from Bass’ first swim lesson.

 

[GUEST]

LOL

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

Man I remember learning to swim as a young lad,lol.

Good on him for conquering his fears.

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

Aww!

I used to have no issues swimming underwater but I couldn't stay afloat until my godson taught me when he was 8 lol.

 

[Cardinal Fang]

I have no issues swimming underwater. I just can't seem to surface.

Great Video! I'm being honest here but is it a black stereotype regarding not being able to swim? If it is this is the first time I've heard of it.

 

[socialstrat]

I have no issues swimming underwater. I just can't seem to surface.

Great Video! I'm being honest here but is it a black stereotype regarding not being able to swim? If it is this is the first time I've heard of it.

As far as I know it's primarily an American phenomenon/stereotype and the legacy of segregated recreational facilities. The gap is shrinking. The rain thing is mostly about what water will do to women's straightened hair than a general aversion to wetness. I'm less knowledgeable than Prim0 seems to be about black men's pussy eating habits... :rofl!:

 

[Buckfifty]

I still don't know how to float.

 

[papasmerf]

I still don't know how to float.

if a dead body floats you too can float by relaxing

 

[Cardinal Fang]

if a dead body floats you too can float by relaxing

Some how the idea of playing dead in the water as a means to float unnerves me.

 

[socialstrat]

As far as pussy eating goes...that's just what my black friends tell me. They have a serious aversion to eating pussy. I personally love it!

I was just messing with ya.