[Lucy22442]

There are a lot of black people who don’t know how to swim in urban areas. In the past, blacks were barred from public swimming pools, so they didn’t have the opportunity to learn to swim. People who don’t know how to swim are usually afraid of the water because it is unknown to them, and people often pass their fears onto their children. In rural areas, the situation is a lot different. There are usually many places to swim besides a municipal pool such as creeks, lakes and canals. These places were beyond the reach of the Jim Crow laws. As a result, blacks in rural areas have always had opportunities to swim and therefore are not afraid of the water. On a side note, I have known many black women who don’t swim because they do a lot to their hair to make it straight and smooth. The water will make it kink up, and then they will have to redo it. So they just avoid swimming.

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Name : Lucy22442, Gender : F, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 26, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,