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"The history of black Americans and swimming is a microcosm of the institutional racism that held back the United States for so long and still percolates in society today. The perception that black people can’t swim is ignorant; the reality that black people don’t swim is closer to the truth – USA Swimming estimates 70 percent of black children don’t know how to swim and the CDC says they’re 5½ times likelier to drown than white kids – and it’s a symptom of the errors of our forebears. Errors that someone like Simone Manuel is going a long way to erase."
so he's calling the CDC racist because AA's are 5 & 1/2 times likelier to drown than white kids?? Does he think they just made this up? This isn't journalism. This is blogging.
The media, and the swimmer herself, are all over this with the racism angle. Truly pathetic.
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"I would like there to be a day where there are more of us and it's not 'Simone, the black swimmer,''' she said,
"The title 'black swimmer' makes it seem like I'm not supposed to be able to win a gold medal or I'm not supposed to be able to break records and that's not true because I work just as hard as anybody else. I want to win just like everybody else."
The drownings are because they were never taught how to swim. I was swimming and jumping off the dive at age 2, by the time I was twenty back flips off a 30 foot cliff. Wasn't a whole lot of kids in my area that didn't swim rich or poor.
and for anyone who watched this live, the entire USA swim team and all the coaches went absolutely crazy when she won. several of the swimmers mobbed her with hugs and cried with her.
I suppose we can't really blame a 20-year-old for regurgitating the racial victimhood crap she's been fed over her lifetime. Still, it's nauseating.
What about her statement reflects "racial victimhood". It would seem that she agrees with you and doesn't want to be identified as the black swimmer who won gold, she would rather just be the swimmer that won gold.
I don't think it has anything to do with attraction to the sport but the fact very few of them live in areas where kids are skating all the time. I have a cousin that grew up in an area where they had access to a pond, it was semi rural area so that's what they did in the winter. Him and his buddies would go into these leagues where a team might only have few players with that much experience and they would just crush them. LOL
If someone has been skating and playing hockey their entire life it's going to be very difficult to come off the street at an older age and break into that sport.
What about her statement reflects "racial victimhood". It would seem that she agrees with you and doesn't want to be identified as the black swimmer who won gold, shed rather just be the swimmer that won gold.
Right... she doesn't want to be known as the black swimmer, but after winning, the first thing she does is audition for leadership of BLM.
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Manuel said that her victory was extra special in the context of ongoing race issues in the U.S.
“It means a lot, especially with what is going on in the world today, some of the issues of police brutality,” Manuel said. “This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues that are going on. My color just comes with the territory.”
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This isn't journalism. This is blogging.
