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and bears teach water skills through the youth swim program. one, two, three. coach, it s important for all kids to learn how to swim. but why is it important for black kids to learn how to swim? black kids drown twice as much as any other ethnic group. they didn t have an opportunity. they got rid of the community pool. they didn t want the races mixing. they filled the pool with concrete or dirt where i grew up because they didn t want kids mixing. and that is one of the reasons a lot of black kids didn t learn how to swim in the 50s and 60s. right, the only thing they were able to do is to play in the fire hydrants, and they could sneak in pools at night. that s how our kids started drowning. when i hear people can t swim, it makes me sad and it also infuriates me. because i know along the way, they didn t have someone like coach who took them under their
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