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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm actually kind of amazed at how un-diverse swimming is. Only sport I've seen this so far.[/quote]

Well, I dont know where you are swimming but some of the very best teams in the area are primarily black.  Takoma Park has an absolutely amazing team that is at least 75-80% black.  Several community pools in PG County and Montgomery Co have phenomemal swim teams that are at least 50% if not more like 99%, black.  One of the best area summer leagues is the Prince-Mont league.  It has a few DC clubs and then the rest are in PG and MoCo.  You may need to get out more.[/quote]

Oh, and I am a white mom and our NW DC team, MVP Dolphins, is primarily white but also has kids who are black, Hispanic, Asian, quite a nice mix actually and a great group of kids.  It is open to any and all who want to join.  Practices are in the evenings at the Lab School's indoor.  Home meets are also at lab School and on Saturdays.   We travel to away meets all around DC, MoCo, and PG.  The coaches are really great and it a fun team for all ages.  Google it if you are looking for a nice, summer team.[/quote]

One of the best teams in the area, Theresa Banks, is 100% black. It is not true any more that AA do not swim. [/quote]

That is right, Theresa Banks is in the same league as Takoma Park and MVP Dolphins  and they are awesome!!  I am not sure it is fully 100% black, there my be a few others but, it doesn't really matter.  They are one of the best swim teams around and largely AA.  Also Kingfish Swim Club ( I think that is name). Super nice parents, great coaches, and kids are great swimmers.  Yeah, that is an old, old stereotype and, one of the moms on either TB or Kingfish told me, flat out, the swim club was started, in part, to fly in the face of the stupid myth that "black people can't/don't/won't swim".   They wanted their kids to know how to swim and love to swim and to help eradicate that stereotype.  It has worked too because those teams produce great swimmers.[/quote]

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