White Men Can't Jump ...
... and black kids can't swim.
"Nearly 60% of African-American children can't swim," reports the AP via USA Today, "almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the sport."
Can you swim? And if you have kids, is it important to you that they learn how? AOL Black Voices has more.
Tags: swimming
12:22 PM ET | 05- 5-2008 | permalink
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