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Boudica the Lyoness

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5. WTF!

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:53 PM

Aug 2016

African-Americans have been shut out of swimming pools for generations

Swimming pools have been a racially sensitive flashpoint in the US for generations. African-American people were often denied access to pools in the segregation era, and even after its abolition white people found other ways to exclude them. Nor has building pools for black areas been a priority.

My son learned to swim when he was 5 years old. He would even leap from the diving board at 5. He’s in his 40’s now btw.

Have I been living in a different world than the rest of you? Let’s please start judging people by their character and not by the color of their skin. We are all part of the human race.

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