swimming
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The Swim Cap for Black Hair Finally Gets Olympic Approval
After much ado about nothing, Black hair wins again.
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Drowning Homeless Man Pleaded With Officers for Help but They Refused
Body camera footage of the incident was released along with a transcript of the exchange.
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Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games
The predominately Black country has previously only been represented by white swimmers in the Olympic Games.
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10 Black Athletes to Watch During the Tokyo Olympics
The list is honestly endless, but here's a select few Black Olympians from around the globe to tune into.
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Black-Owned Swim Cap Brand Denied Certification for Olympic Competition
The UK-based Soul Cap was created to better accommodate textured hair—and rejected by FINA to become certified for use in competitive swimming.
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Alaska School District Says Non-White Swimmer Disqualified for ‘Suit Wedgie’ Was Targeted for Her Curves [UPDATE]
The Anchorage School District in Alaska is appealing a recent decision to disqualify a champion 17-year-old swimmer because a referee thought her school-issued swimsuit showed too much of her buttocks. As the Washington Post reports, the Dimond High School student—one of the top swimmers in the area—had decisively won her 100-yard freestyle event last Friday…
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Hell or High Water: How Racism Kept Black America From Swimming
Now, we’ve all heard the stereotype that black folks can’t swim. But, unfortunately, that cliché is based in haunting truths. The numbers speak for themselves: 64 percent of black kids have no or low swimming ability, versus 45 percent of Latinx children and 40 percent of white kids. A 2014 study also found that black…
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26 Is Too Young to Die
My life changed on Sunday, July 16, 2000. Even though the official reports, the newspaper, and the family story all say July 17, my big cousin never saw Monday. After going to see the recently released film, Scary Movie, my younger cousin (his little sister) and I pulled into the driveway of my grandmother’s house…
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Black Kids Swim Wants to Help Get More Black Children Into Competitive Swimming
When many of us think about athletic paths for our children to follow, competitive swimming isn’t typically high up on the list. Black Kids Swim (BKS) is an organization trying to change both the way we look at swimming in general and competitive swimming as an outlet and scholarship source for black children. We talked…