I’ve been told by those who know that they just DON’T swim, don’t like to swim, don’t ever learn, that it’s a cultural thing. It would be a perfect opportunity for a black swimmer to start a public awareness program of getting black kids to take swim lessons every spring. I think lots of people would chip in a few bucks for kids to learn to swim.
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.