can be described as African-Americans who are unable to move their body through water without drowning. In recent studies conducted at the University of Memphis, it was found that a shocking seventy percent of African-American children did not know how to swim at all (Irwin et al., 2010). Thus meaning, thirty percent of African-American Children are able to swim. Despite the low percent of African-Americans who can swim, the ability for them to swim exists, so why does the stereotype that black people…
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