Black American's don't swim?
Apr 17th 2012, 3:49 am
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Apr 17th 2012, 6:17 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
To be fair I think you are being a bit harsh, you have to remember that she is from Beaverton where "your dad is your brother and your sister is your mum". Think along the lines of Burnley.
Apr 17th 2012, 8:58 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
Black Americans aren't very buoyant
well Whitney wasn't
well Whitney wasn't
Apr 17th 2012, 9:03 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
Portland , Beaverton is usually just considered a part of Portland, doesn't have a reputation for being inbred. It is parts of the American South and Appalachia that gets ridiculed as being inbred. I used to live in Portland/surrounding area throughout most of the 90s and eary 00s.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:12 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
Portland , Beaverton is usually just considered a part of Portland, doesn't have a reputation for being inbred. It is parts of the American South and Appalachia that gets ridiculed as being inbred. I used to live in Portland/surrounding area throughout most of the 90s and eary 00s.
Apr 18th 2012, 8:36 pm
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
I thought Bob Hope was a Londoner??
Apr 19th 2012, 1:07 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
When I was teaching in NY, none of the black children could swim, all of the white children could. The reason; all of the white children had pools at home, none of the black children did.
Apr 19th 2012, 7:41 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
Apr 19th 2012, 11:28 am
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
Unless you can prove black people have genes which make them "sink like bricks in water" (your words) and are superior runners because Olympic sprinting events tend to be dominated by black (and sometimes mixed race people - not all black people are 'pure' but I'm guessing you subscribe to the one drop rule so I'll stop confusing you now).
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Apr 19th 2012, 12:04 pm
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Re: Black American's don't swim?
We've now got 3 theories (maybe more, but I can't be arsed to trail through it all):
Black Americans can't swim because:
1 They have more muscle mass.
2 They / their parents don't own swimming pools.
3 They use coco oil.
Think I'll run with number 3. 1 and 2 are just too daft.
Black Americans can't swim because:
1 They have more muscle mass.
2 They / their parents don't own swimming pools.
3 They use coco oil.
Think I'll run with number 3. 1 and 2 are just too daft.