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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's really short sighted for AAs to opt out of swim class. Swimming is a life skill. AAs are far more likely to drown than their white peers. In the case of private school AAs, it's less due to historical and racist lack of access to pools than cultural norms. In the end, what is more important--having to wear a swim cap or preventing accidental drowning? [/quote]

What happens to AA hair if it gets wet?

Doesn't it get wet in the shower?[/quote]

This was just an extrapolation from op who assumed AA girls do not want to swim because of their hair. My daughter and 3 nieces have no problem getting in the pool. They just wear a good swim cap. Some hairstyles don’t stay neat very long when using the pool and chlorine is not great for curly hair. But it’s absolutely no reason to not give that opportunity to kids. [/quote]

School is not the only place where a child can learn to swim. Students at DMV privates aren't choosing between learning to swim at school and drowning. 
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You'd be surprised. There's not a strong culture of swimming among even well-off AAs. If the opportunity to learn how to swim presents itself, and the child does not know how to swim, I do not see a good argument against it. I suppose private schools could offer "opt-out" swim tests, which would be one way around it. But like a lot of other life skills and life knowledge, simply having money does not guarantee their acquisition.[/quote]

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