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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the 1950s swimming poster but maybe these are kids who grew up in households where the parents did not learn to swim. So the kids may be less likely to learn how to swim and go swimming also. [/quote]

And to add to this because blacks couldn't go swimming in regular pools back then, they might go to a river, pond or lake.  Unfortunately because we didn't know how to swim drownings and near drownings would occur which would lead to a general fear of water.  Witnessing drownings or near drownings is a pretty common story in many black families among older generations. It's just one of those left over scars from segregation that still has consequences today.  I come from a pretty large extended family and no one over the age of 50 with the exception of my brother who served in the Marines, knows how to swim.  It's a skill that lots of people take for granted, although my parents were adamant about making sure we learned how to swim, even though they could not. [/quote]

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