Olympic ban on swim caps for Black hair offensive, discriminatory, says Seattle founder of Afro Swimmers July 15, 2021 at 5:22 pm
Olympic medalist, Maritza McClendon, says 64% of African American children can t swim. She believes the swim cap ban is just another barrier. (Photo courtesy of Maritza McClendon)
There has always been only one kind of swim cap.
“But those caps were not made for us,” said Seattle’s Noelle Ndiaye, swim coach and founder of Afro Swimmers, a movement to make swimming accessible to everyone. “They weren’t made for people with locs, they weren’t made for people with afros, with curly, textured hair.”