happy place. and becoming a lifeguard and learning how to swim when i was a kid really changed my life and broadened my horizon and perspective. and i have a very healthy respect for the water. i m not afraid of water but a very healthy respect. i try to teach that to my nieces and my great nephews or any kid that i can get my hands on to help them learn how to swim because black kids die black people die a lot from drowning because they don t know how to swim. we need to change that. so hope you enjoyed that, and i hope you enjoy the spevl tcial that s coming up. be sure to tune in on sunday at 8:00 p.m. for a one hour champions for change special that will lift you up. we ll be right back, everyone. announcer: champions for change is presented by charles schwab. go to cnn.com/champions to learn more about these stories of
of my life and has really kept me sane. so if you pay attention to my social media, you ll see me out on the water, out on the boat. that s my happy place. and becoming a life guard and learning how to swim when i was a kid really changed my life and broadened my horizon and perspective. and i have a very healthy respect for the water. i m not afraid of water, but a very healthy respect. and i try to teach that to my nieces and my great nephews or any kid that i can get my hands to help them learn how to swim. because black kids die a lot from drowning because they don t know how to swim. and we need to change that. so, i hope you enjoyed that and i hope you enjoy the special that s coming up. we ve got a whole lot more inspirational stories coming up. be sure to tune in on sunday at 8:00 p.m. for a special that will lift you up. we ll be back, everyone.
0 black kids to learn how to swim. black kids drown twice as much as any other ethnic group. they got rid of the community pools because they didn t want the races mixing. they filled the pool either with concrete or with dirt where i grew up because they didn t want people mixing. that s one reason why a lot of black kids didn t learn how to swim in the 50s and 60s. right. because the only thing they were able to do was play in the fire hydrants. sometimes they would sneak into the pools late at night, and that s how our kids started drowning. whenever i hear that people can t swim, it makes me sad, and it also infuriates me because i know somewhere along the way that they didn t have someone like coach fute who took them under their wing to teach them how to swim. there you go! and i immediately want to get in the pool with them and teach them. probably around 13 years old i became a lifeguard. i helped my sisters, who are older than me, to swim. i helped them become be