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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Black woman put her head under water and won Silver medal today. [/quote] Yes. I hate that stereotype about Black women. I learned to swim as a young girl. There are plenty of Black girls and women who swim. We wear swimming caps. Simple. [/quote] And the tragedy is that Olympic champion Cullen Jones has been working for years to address racial differences in learn-to-swim and drowning rates. Maybe Leslie and Cullen Jones can work together to promote learn-to-swim efforts.[/quote] I like Leslie Jones but this is why I l think that joke was thoughtless. It’s like making a joke about how women are bad at math or something — there’s no reason to discourage a group that is historically disadvantaged in a field by announcing publicly “we don’t do that.” How discouraging for a girl that might be dreaming of learning to swim competitively. [/quote]
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