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In pools, young blacks drown at far higher rates
Associated Press ^ | May 15, 2014 6:43 PM EDT | Mike Stobbe

Posted on 05/15/2014 11:23:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Swimming pools are a much greater danger to black children and teens than they are to other kids, a new government study shows.

Black children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children, the research found. That suggests a lot of blacks are not learning to swim, said the lead author, Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Swimming is a life-saving skill, not just another sport, she said. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cdc; destroythefamily; drownings; swimmingpools
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To: eartrumpet

Interesting. Regardless, it seems every time I see ‘statistics’ being reported on about the poor or minorities, someone’s after more of my $$.

Ya know? I call this ‘natural selection’...


81 posted on 05/16/2014 11:55:34 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: Mike Darancette

The lifeguards can’t swim...?


82 posted on 05/16/2014 11:58:27 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: PapaBear3625

Never mind

The PC numbnuts will chime in that your study is a lie and its whiteys fault

Or race is just a social construct etc

I see a few of them here already

I’m from Mississippi...my hometown is now 80% black

Its physical....down here they have owned all the municipal pools since the 60s and city govt since 80s

Bone density is primary culprit and different muscle structure better suited for springy and burst talents than the long muscles for swimming

Every race has strong and weak suits


83 posted on 05/16/2014 12:14:45 PM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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To: itssme

There was no charge for joining a Boy’s Club back then...any difference today?

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We live in an area in N. Calif where the minority population is mostly Hispanic rather than black, so that’s where I’m coming from. In “the city” (San Francisco) I’m going to guess there’s more programs for city youth. Here in our smaller city, however, there’s not much going on in terms of serving poorer youth. For instance, I heard of a free program teaching Hispanic kids to swim (since we have a problem here with H. kids who can’t swim). It turned out to be ONE free lesson. Big whoop. Also in our city, there are no free or cheap public pools. The public pool closest to us charges $5 for an adult and $4 for a kid. So if you have a parent who wants to take one or two kids to swim and learn, that adds up quickly (for someone who doesn’t have a lot of money).


84 posted on 05/16/2014 12:19:45 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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To: southern rock

That is because 7 is way too old. Start at under 1 yr. old and no lessons are even necessary.

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Great advice. I’ll see if I can find a time machine here someplace.


85 posted on 05/16/2014 12:21:02 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

pools are racist


86 posted on 05/16/2014 12:21:39 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: wardaddy
Every race has strong and weak suits

Look at pictures of Olympic competitors. See how many Olympic swimming competitors (from any country) are black.

Then see how many Olympic sprinters (from any country) AREN'T black,

87 posted on 05/16/2014 12:30:04 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: wardaddy

So we’re supposed to believe a 10% difference in bone density explains it? When I think back on those black kids flailing in the pool, it’s obvious that there was more going on than just physiology.


88 posted on 05/16/2014 4:27:08 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

Our local YMCA has a swim program. If families don’t have enough $$, it is free for them. They advertise this all the time. I suspect the city I live in does the same thing, for residents the local pool is $1 and there is a large learn-to-swim- program there too.


89 posted on 05/16/2014 4:27:36 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (The dogs bark; the caravan moves on!)
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To: Little Pig

Hell, my black friends joke about how black people can’t swim, with the same argument between culture and physiology. I’ve trained near a few black triathletes and they tend to just muscle through the water rather than float and glide.


90 posted on 05/16/2014 4:40:46 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waits)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Hell, my black friends joke about how black people can’t swim, with the same argument between culture and physiology.

White men can't jump; black men can't swim. Seems fair...

91 posted on 05/16/2014 4:44:17 PM PDT by okie01
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To: caver

I agree with you re: it being learned rather than due to body shape, but all the races have slightly different average body shapes.


92 posted on 05/16/2014 11:12:31 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: secret garden

When Celtics player Brandon Bass’s young son learned how to swim and his dad still couldn’t, Bass very publicly took some lessons with some kids in Boston this year to raise awareness. I thought it was a great thing to do.


93 posted on 05/16/2014 11:31:21 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Yardstick

You know what the right answer is?

Whatever one can handle.

I can handle the hard truths

Most here reach for the IT’S CULTURE elixir

Induces a sense of well being with a King speech in the background

To each his own

I’ll pass....a lifetime of hard knocks experiencing the sharp edges of race and culture has taught me otherwise


94 posted on 05/18/2014 1:23:24 AM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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To: Olog-hai

“Swimming pools are racist”, screams the Asspress louts. White privilege ya know.


95 posted on 05/18/2014 1:34:38 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Yardstick

I don’t buy it either. Most definitely societal.


96 posted on 05/18/2014 2:35:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Blacks seem to also get hit by traffic as pedestrians at a much higher rate. I can't count the number of times I've seen young black men running across interstate highways when a bridge is within a quarter mile.

My sister is an MRI/X-ray tech and sees a lot of this stray dog mentality come through her department. Nearly always blacks.

97 posted on 05/29/2014 6:37:37 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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