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Old Apr 16th 2012, 6:05 am
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I would imagine this is a simple reflection of poverty demographics in the united states, because if nothing else swimming pools, the time to do it and swimming lessons are all luxury items. maybe also its a 'case of out of site out of mind' if you and your mother dont swim are you really going to think "I gotta teach my kid to swim" ?
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Especially not an Americanized one. A little too uppity for my taste.


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I wouldn't have joined the middle east forum if I had known that there would be American sympathisers around. Did no one tell you that they are infidels, no matter whether they are black or white they are all going to hell. Good riddance if you ask me I never did like Bob Hope.
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Although MissAnneThrope grossly oversimplified and skimped over the genetics issue by using lots of vague academic jargon to scare off her opponents as a good liberal would do, the reason why black Americans don't swim have nothing to do with genetics but with socio-ecnomic and education reasons.

Blacks in American are disproportionally poorer and are also more likely to be poorly educated. The article provided by Meow mentioned that six black children drowned because they jumped into the water to save their friend. Sadly this type of situation has happened before and it's almost always black children / young adults. Perhaps whites who are more likely to be better educated due to socio-economic factors, wouldn't jump after a drowning friend en-masse like lemmings but instead run for an adult, call for help, etc. The panicked group mentality among these unfortunate kids is reflective of a lack of education, leadership and capabilities that is a result of their relatively deprived backgrounds.

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Originally Posted by Ethos83
Although MissAnneThrope grossly oversimplified and skimped over the genetics issue by using lots of vague academic jargon to scare off her opponents as a good liberal would do, the reason why black Americans don't swim have nothing to do with genetics but with socio-ecnomic and education reasons.

Blacks in American are disproportionally poorer and are also more likely to be poorly educated. The article provided by Meow mentioned that six black children drowned because they jumped into the water to save their friend. Sadly this type of situation has happened before and it's almost always black children / young adults. Perhaps whites who are more likely to be better educated due to socio-economic factors, wouldn't jump after a drowning friend en-masse like lemmings but instead run for an adult, call for help, etc. The panicked group mentality among these unfortunate kids is reflective of a lack of education, leadership and capabilities that is a result of their relatively deprived backgrounds.
It is a very sad story. Teens dying to try and save one is a very sad story. Going by some facts from earlier posts it is obvious that swimming lessons offered anywhere, whether in school, or after, could have made this tragic story unneeded
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I wouldn't have joined the middle east forum if I had known that there would be American sympathisers around. Did no one tell you that they are infidels, no matter whether they are black or white they are all going to hell. Good riddance if you ask me I never did like Bob Hope.
Too late we now have you. You are now in with the infidels, fornicators, profiteers, Evangelical Christians and worse(if possible). Rot in hell with the rest of us.(it's a load of garbage I know, nothing wrong with fornicators).
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Too late we now have you. You are now in with the infidels, fornicators, profiteers, Evangelical Christians and worse(if possible). Rot in hell with the rest of us.(it's a load of garbage I know, nothing wrong with fornicators).
Your thingy says America but are you sure you aren't based in the Middle East?

Perhaps swapping Evangelical Christianfolk with a band of Mega-Muslims?
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Your thingy says America but are you sure you aren't based in the Middle East?

Perhaps swapping Evangelical Christianfolk with a band of Mega-Muslims?
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Too late we now have you. You are now in with the infidels, fornicators, profiteers, Evangelical Christians and worse(if possible). Rot in hell with the rest of us.(it's a load of garbage I know, nothing wrong with fornicators).
I have just two questions for you infidel.......is Beaverton a real place and is it as good as it sounds .
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OK I am going to answer my own questions, yes and yes if this is anything to go by....



Beaverstate, maybe you could start a blog like the fat busting one except yours could be titled 'Beaver from Beaverton'.
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OK I am going to answer my own questions, yes and yes if this is anything to go by....

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Beaverstate, maybe you could start a blog like the fat busting one except yours could be titled 'Beaver from Beaverton'.
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Originally Posted by Ethos83
Although MissAnneThrope grossly oversimplified and skimped over the genetics issue by using lots of vague academic jargon to scare off her opponents as a good liberal would do, the reason why black Americans don't swim have nothing to do with genetics but with socio-ecnomic and education reasons.

Blacks in American are disproportionally poorer and are also more likely to be poorly educated. The article provided by Meow mentioned that six black children drowned because they jumped into the water to save their friend. Sadly this type of situation has happened before and it's almost always black children / young adults. Perhaps whites who are more likely to be better educated due to socio-economic factors, wouldn't jump after a drowning friend en-masse like lemmings but instead run for an adult, call for help, etc. The panicked group mentality among these unfortunate kids is reflective of a lack of education, leadership and capabilities that is a result of their relatively deprived backgrounds.
Indeed I may have over-simplified but, let's face it, this is not the Royal Academy. I agree it is nothing at all to do with genetics which is basically what I was trying to say. But it's not all socio-economics either (and you accuse me of being a liberal after your bleeding-heart lament...). You are equally guilty of over-simplifying. There is a cultural dimension to it. As the t-shirt that gained huge popularity with African Americans in the early 1990's said:
"It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand"
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Originally Posted by Imnothavinit
Nowhere, I was directly responding to this, thats why I quoted it in my response
And I was responding to his post about the reasons.
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Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
Indeed I may have over-simplified but, let's face it, this is not the Royal Academy.
That should, of course, be the Royal Society...
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I don't care if you are Mike Tyson or Kimbo Slice, when you say "I do" to an African American woman you're giving away your freedom. They are an entirely different species of wife and mother

You aren't a real person, are you.
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