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[https://www.npr.org/2008/05/06/90213675/racial-history-of-american-swimming-pools by The Bryant Park Project 6/5/08 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2008/05/06/90213675/racial-history-of-american-swimming-pools by The Bryant Park Project 6/5/08 npr] | ||
So there was a study released last week that caught my eye. According to USA Swimming, over 58 percent of African-American children can't swim. That's almost double the rate of white children. And African-American children drown at nearly three times the overall rate. That got us here at the BPP asking questions about, well, race and swimming. And it turns out there's a lot to say about the topic. | So there was a study released last week that caught my eye. According to USA Swimming, over 58 percent of African-American children can't swim. That's almost double the rate of white children. And African-American children drown at nearly three times the overall rate. That got us here at the BPP asking questions about, well, race and swimming. And it turns out there's a lot to say about the topic. | ||
=====Titus Kaphar: How Can We Address Centuries of Racism In Art?===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2017/11/10/562836477/titus-kaphar-how-can-we-address-centuries-of-racism-in-art by NPR/TED Staff 10/11/17 npr] | |||
Western art contains countless paintings and sculptures that reveal a painful history of racism. We can't erase that history, but artist Titus Kaphar has begun the long and hard work of amending it. | |||
