s/o: POC and swimming - what are your experiences?

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Anonymous wrote:Given the newly-added citations, I don't doubt the statistic.

Should swimming be taught in every public school and be mandatory?

Most public schools don't have pools.

My oldest was at Piney Branch ES in MCPS and had swimming every year, I think, as part of PE. However, she was already a strong swimmer by then. I don't think any other MCPS ES has a pool. Jackson Rd ES could walk to the MLK pool easily, but I don't know if they do.

Grew up in Germany where schools didn't have pools either, so we were brought to the local pool by bus. We had swim class in 3rd grade. And before that our parents made sure we took swim classes, which cost money, btw. In DC pools offer swim classes for FREE and they still have to rescue about 2 kids per season. Pulling them out of the pool and then no parents to be found. It boils down to lazy parents/ lack of parenting skills in within certain communities.

Yes! Hahaha

Some cultures promote personal responsibility, while others have a never ending list of excuses and grievances.

One of Germany culture’s strengths is they still have a cultural sense of personal responsibility.

Compare that with 2025 America: constant adds for lawyers telling everyone it’s not their fault, a school culture where “nobody ever looses” and this twisted idea where we have replaced “equality of opportunity,” with “equity of outcome.”

America is about to be left behind by the rest of the world, who do not engage in our foolish American thinking.

Sorry that’s not American thinking, that’s just what the left believes. Not all Americans believe that way and I think the lack of personal responsibility plays into why Trump won.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:POC is point of contact contact wtf it's called black moron

Actually, the more inclusive term of art is BIPOC, not merely “POC.”

I am a “POC” (I hate this term) and I fail to see how BIPOC is more inclusive. I think it’s actually less inclusive. In practice when people use this they specifically mean black people. Who are already included in POC, which is a catch-all meaning “racial minority”.

Right? As if "whites" don't have color. I have yet to see a WHITE person. Have seen people with lighter pigment skin though.

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Anonymous wrote:POC is point of contact contact wtf it's called black moron

Actually, the more inclusive term of art is BIPOC, not merely “POC.”

I am a “POC” (I hate this term) and I fail to see how BIPOC is more inclusive. I think it’s actually less inclusive. In practice when people use this they specifically mean black people. Who are already included in POC, which is a catch-all meaning “racial minority”.

Because you have internalized the racism of white heteropatriarchy.

You forgot to mention capitalism, xenophobia, ageism, climate change, & acne.

All created by the white heteropatriarchy to keep BIPOC from creating a utopia.

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Anonymous wrote:POC is point of contact contact wtf it's called black moron

Actually, the more inclusive term of art is BIPOC, not merely “POC.”

I am a “POC” (I hate this term) and I fail to see how BIPOC is more inclusive. I think it’s actually less inclusive. In practice when people use this they specifically mean black people. Who are already included in POC, which is a catch-all meaning “racial minority”.

Because you have internalized the racism of white heteropatriarchy.

You forgot to mention capitalism, xenophobia, ageism, climate change, & acne.

All created by the white heteropatriarchy to keep BIPOC from creating a utopia.

LOL, well played. "Person of color" is a laughably useless term, and it's pretty close to calling someone "colored." The first question I have when someone uses POC is "which color?"

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The whole point is there are BIPOC peoples, and then there are the non-BIPOCs (ie , the whites).

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Anonymous wrote:The whole point is there are BIPOC peoples, and then there are the non-BIPOCs (ie , the whites).

+1

What matters is to separate people.

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Anonymous wrote:POC is point of contact contact wtf it's called black moron

Actually, the more inclusive term of art is BIPOC, not merely “POC.”

Things were different and BIPOC wasn't used back in 2017 when this post was first made.

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Anonymous wrote:The whole point is there are BIPOC peoples, and then there are the non-BIPOCs (ie , the whites).

+1

What matters is to separate people.

Agree. We cannot hope to make progress without putting people into different categories. Or as I like to call them, different baskets.