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re: Olympics' swim cap ban is racist, sets back swimmers of color
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:55 am to LSUWoodworker
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:55 am to LSUWoodworker
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African American women are born with a certain texture of hair,
Black women aren’t born with wigs, weaves or extensions on their head either.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 12:02 pm
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:56 am to 777Tiger
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African Americans did not have access to safe swimming environments, many times they would swim in rivers, lakes and creeks. These unsafe conditions caused many young people of color to drown.
What about the countless white kids that grew up swimming in the same creeks and lakes and ponds?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:57 am to The Spleen
Which swimmer has this affected?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:58 am to Porter Osborne Jr
None. But it doesn't have to actually affect someone for it to be toxically problematic.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:58 am to LSUWoodworker
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:58 am to LSUWoodworker
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LSU's African and African American Studies Department
I don’t think Africans want to be lumped in with African-Americans
Now they have to wear the exact same swim cap style as every other competitor.
So another case where actual equal treatment is not equal enough or another case where they are admitting they can’t adhere to same standards as everyone else?
Regardless This is his equality focus not that there might be “females” with a bat & balls competing with black females??
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:58 am to LSUWoodworker
I learned to swim by being thrown into Bayou Petit Caillou, as did most everyone I know.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:59 am to LSUWoodworker
Jesus fricking Christ........ what isn't racist to these idiot fricking people?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:59 am to YouAre8Up
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Jesus fricking Christ........ what isn't racist to these idiot fricking people?
Nothing. Finding racism in every little thing is a very lucrative business model these days.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 11:59 am to GeauxTigerTM
The cap was designed for British swimmer Alice Dearing. Correction - not designed for her, but she partnered with the maker of it. Here is a picture of her. Seems her hair is already pretty short, just coarse and thick.
And here's article about her and her addressing the issue. She seems to be taking it mostly in stride.
Sky News
And here's article about her and her addressing the issue. She seems to be taking it mostly in stride.
Sky News
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:00 pm to The Spleen
Her nipples are freaking me out man.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:01 pm to Centinel
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Her nipples are freaking me out man.
Damn, I need an eye exam.....
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:02 pm to LSUWoodworker
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Swimming in the communities of color is already a phobia. I was taught to swim in a segregated swimming pool because my sister and I were not permitted to swim in the city pools. Therefore, if African Americans did not have access to safe swimming environments, many times they would swim in rivers, lakes and creeks. These unsafe conditions caused many young people of color to drown.
Lol. Black people that think like this are weak.
My brothers, friends and me didnt learn to swim in a city pool. I didnt even know these existed until I was older.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:02 pm to Centinel
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None. But it doesn't have to actually affect someone for it to be toxically problematic.
So it hasn’t affected a single one. There probably hasn’t been a high level swimmer that has ever used it but it’s problematic to ban something that has never been used?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:02 pm to LSUWoodworker
.. and it's deep too.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:03 pm to LSUWoodworker
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LSUwoodworker
An aside, do you work with exotic woods?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:03 pm to 777Tiger
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is every fricking thing racist anymore?
A lot is simply classist - and I don’t think anyone would argue that poor people do not have a rough go with just about any health/wellness or happiness metric.
But to only discuss class differentiation topics as race differentiation is sure to be rocky.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:03 pm to LSUWoodworker
quote:A phobia? No.
Swimming in the communities of color is already a phobia
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:04 pm to fr33manator
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An aside, do you work with exotic woods?
yes, on occasion, at the moment the hobby is getting to expensive due to wood prices
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:05 pm to LSUWoodworker
As a guy who swam through college, and was just a bit not good enough for the Olympic Trials, I can say there are not many serious competitive swimmers who would want to wear a cap like that anyway.
I knew guys who would wear press on nails because they were faster against the water than natural nails. A cap that has folds and is loose like that will create drag. A thousandth of a second can mean the difference between going from prelims to finals or medaling and not.
A swimmer with a chance to medal with ethnic hair would have longed cut it down to improve water resistance and reduce drag. This is political bs.
I knew guys who would wear press on nails because they were faster against the water than natural nails. A cap that has folds and is loose like that will create drag. A thousandth of a second can mean the difference between going from prelims to finals or medaling and not.
A swimmer with a chance to medal with ethnic hair would have longed cut it down to improve water resistance and reduce drag. This is political bs.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 12:06 pm
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