Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Study: More than half of black and Latino kids can't swim

"A survey by the governing body of competitive swimming finds that nearly 60% of black and Latino children cannot swim. By comparison, about a third of white children cannot swim."


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2 comments:

ChiTown Girl said...

Hmmm, I'm surprised by the statistic regarding Latino children. I knew most black folks don't like the water or swimming, at least from my experience. But, I would have never thought that about Latino children. Most of their homelands have beautiful beaches, no? I guess I shouldn't make assumptions.

Ñ said...

Yeah I actually never looked into this before, but the article is kind of interesting.