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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a person of color. Swimming just isn’t a black peoples sport. Go into the “hood” and you will see black people playing football and basketball. Turn on their tv and they are watching football and basketball. What are they wearing? Football and basketball jerseys. It’s just not a black peoples sport by interest. Call me ignorant all you want but we spend a lot of money doing braids and our hair. We aren’t getting it wet! Combine that with our kids coming out the pool looking ashy. [/quote]

I went to a top private school in DC and whenever we had racial sensitivity workshops or town meetings the African American girls would always bring up lower school swimming as an example of racism. They argued that black girls should be exempt from swim class because it was bad for their hair .[/quote]

I was talking to a young female african american neighbor a few weeks ago (rising 4th grader) about our neighborhood pool. She told me she doesnt go for the same reason, her hair. It takes her mom a long time once/wk to do it, so she has to wear a swim cap to go to the pool and she just doesnt like the swim caps. They dont feel good, they break, they dont keep her hair dry. I dont like to get in the pool after Ive blow dryed my hair, which takes a lot less time. So I completely get it. [/quote]

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