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[https://www.npr.org/transcripts/984784455 by STEVE INSKEEP 7/4/21 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/transcripts/984784455 by STEVE INSKEEP 7/4/21 npr] | ||
INSKEEP: An interstate running through his front yard - when the U.S. built highways in the 20th century, many ran through Black neighborhoods. Read of Robert Moses in New York or Richard Daley in Chicago, and you learn this story. President Biden's infrastructure plan includes money to repair the damage. | INSKEEP: An interstate running through his front yard - when the U.S. built highways in the 20th century, many ran through Black neighborhoods. Read of Robert Moses in New York or Richard Daley in Chicago, and you learn this story. President Biden's infrastructure plan includes money to repair the damage. | ||
=====Racial History of American Swimming Pools===== | |||
[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. | |||
