This thought was immediately followed up with, “Wow, I want to do that.”I was a 38-year-old woman who couldn’t swim. For most of my life, I fit right into the stereotype that Black people can’t swim. Finding adult swim lessons in my area was difficult as lessons mostly catered to children. Ten years prior, I took multiple rounds of swim lessons and walked away without mastering the activity. I’m also no longer a statistic or stereotype among the “Black people can’t swim” conversations.

Source: Huffington Post August 01, 2024 13:43 UTC