Teaching Black and Hispanic kids how to swim

This is just a follow up on a previous story I had mentioned.

"When Kelvin Franklin heard the results from a recent national study that nearly 60 percent of black children cannot swim, he was not surprised.
As aquatics director at the YMCA's Shades Valley branch, Franklin sees firsthand that minority youths are not as likely as white children to take swimming lessons, mirroring the survey taken by USA Swimming. "

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"His" Panic

In Geraldo Rivera's new book, he examines the growth of the Hispanic population in the United States. The book is titled, "His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S."

"The journalist tackles the highly divisive issue of illegal immigration, specifically focusing on Hispanics. Rivera references his parents' struggle to assimilate into American culture, as well as other ethnic Americans who try to do the same."

You can read an un-edited excerpt here