[johniegrad]

America has a "swimming gap," with racist origins, of course. Minority children 10 to 14 are more than four times as likely to drown than their white peers because, according to The Hartford Courant, Southern plantation owners prevented slaves from learning to swim so they would be less likely to escape. "

I agree. We should compensate any former slaves that have drowned in these public swimming pools.

[dancusa]

America has a "swimming gap," with racist origins, of course. Minority children 10 to 14 are more than four times as likely to drown than their white peers because, according to The Hartford Courant, Southern plantation owners prevented slaves from learning to swim so they would be less likely to escape. "

The Hartford Courant is full of it. That is typical liberal white guilt pandering. The reason why of those statistics is that with a 70% illegitimate rate, there are no fathers around to teach their kids to swim.