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re: Surfing has a diversity problem, seen as a sport for straight white men for too long
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
So does the NBA 
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
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America’s history of systemic racism plays a major role in discouraging people of color from taking up water sports, according to Chelsea Woody, co-founder of Textured Waves, a surf collective for women of color.
“Segregation laws of this country really restricted who could participate in leisure activities and zoning laws with who could buy land in certain areas and coastal towns,” Woody explains.
Yeah there aren’t any public beaches or state / national parks in this country. Maybe never teaching yourself or your kids how to swim is the problem.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
She obviously does not watch basketball or football. You know, the most popular sports.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
Pretty universally slammed in comments.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
Mike February is holding it down for the brothas. Pro surfer sponsored by vans.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
If I were black, I'd be embarrassed these days because of the portrayal of being the biggest pussies on the planet with all the crying going on about every possible thing
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:44 pm to DavidTheGnome
She does realize that surfing was started by “people of color””, no? Or are Native Hawaiians not brown enough?
This post was edited on 9/28/22 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:46 pm to Bison
Mike’s good but I gotta go with the Brazilians if I’m rooting for anyone other than Kelly...
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
What's stopping blacks from using public beaches like everyone else?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:47 pm to Jizzy08
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Need more inner city people of color surfing
Interestingly a kid from the slums of Rio won the world championship not too long ago....
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:48 pm to JetsetNuggs
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I want the aliens to invade here so goddamn bad
I’d settle for the Muslims and their Sharia
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:53 pm to CockyTime
LINK
Swim Caps Are Keeping Black Women Out of Pools
Their limited design is yet another contributor to America’s racial disparities in swimming.
But one thing that’s often overlooked is that swim caps aren’t designed to protect common hairstyles among black women, adding yet another barrier to their participation in swimming, kayaking, water polo, diving, and other aquatic activities. “It’s an epidemic,” Singleton says of their exclusion.
For black women, hair is a long-standing point of pride, self-expression, status, and heritage. Some women will spend hundreds of dollars—and sit for hours—to get box braids or install a weave. That’s not including the hair products required for daily maintenance. All this makes swimming risky. Chlorine can damage the softness of an afro, the tightness of a box braid or sisterlock, or the clean scalp hidden under a sew-in weave. For some hairstyles, the prospect of starting over with washing, conditioning, sitting under a hair dryer, combing or picking out hair, and restyling in general is frustrating.
While doing research for an earlier version of the USA Swimming Foundation report, Carol Irwin, an associate professor at the University of Memphis School of Health Studies and one of the lead researchers on the study, remembers asking black women around campus if they swam. Most said they did not, because of their hair and chemicals that dried out their skin. So Irwin and her colleagues put the hair question on the 2010 survey, “thinking it might be significant.” Black respondents reported significantly greater concern about getting their hair wet, and about the negative impact of chemicals on children’s appearances, than white respondents did.
Swim Caps Are Keeping Black Women Out of Pools
Their limited design is yet another contributor to America’s racial disparities in swimming.
But one thing that’s often overlooked is that swim caps aren’t designed to protect common hairstyles among black women, adding yet another barrier to their participation in swimming, kayaking, water polo, diving, and other aquatic activities. “It’s an epidemic,” Singleton says of their exclusion.
For black women, hair is a long-standing point of pride, self-expression, status, and heritage. Some women will spend hundreds of dollars—and sit for hours—to get box braids or install a weave. That’s not including the hair products required for daily maintenance. All this makes swimming risky. Chlorine can damage the softness of an afro, the tightness of a box braid or sisterlock, or the clean scalp hidden under a sew-in weave. For some hairstyles, the prospect of starting over with washing, conditioning, sitting under a hair dryer, combing or picking out hair, and restyling in general is frustrating.
While doing research for an earlier version of the USA Swimming Foundation report, Carol Irwin, an associate professor at the University of Memphis School of Health Studies and one of the lead researchers on the study, remembers asking black women around campus if they swam. Most said they did not, because of their hair and chemicals that dried out their skin. So Irwin and her colleagues put the hair question on the 2010 survey, “thinking it might be significant.” Black respondents reported significantly greater concern about getting their hair wet, and about the negative impact of chemicals on children’s appearances, than white respondents did.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:53 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
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Don’t let anyone surf anymore then since black people don’t like doing it
I’m sure if black people tried surfing they’d murder it
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Guess they never been to Brazil
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
I've been seeing the hiking community doing the same thing. I guess I'm a goddamn progressive, because I just don't care who hikes with me, and have brought plenty of people who "don't look like me" (WTF does that even mean, we're all human) out on their first hike.
I'm only 32, but in my life I've seen as long as you aren't a raging a-hole, people will want to introduce you to their hobbies.
I'm only 32, but in my life I've seen as long as you aren't a raging a-hole, people will want to introduce you to their hobbies.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:55 pm to DavidTheGnome
Just using race to make a buck.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
Absolutely have to allow black folks to win no matter what
Posted on 7/27/20 at 10:08 pm to DavidTheGnome
Be able to swim is racist
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:30 am to DavidTheGnome
Wanna see what happens when there finally is minority representation in a sport previously dominated by white people?
As a black gay man, I couldn’t see myself reflected in professional tennis – so I forged my own path
Gotta recognize that instead of whining that there aren’t “enough people that represent me”, he went and became that person. But just how fragmented do our sports have to be for society to finally enjoy them?
Of course the common refrain in replies to these topics will almost always bring up the NBA, yet I seriously doubt the lack of Charlie Thompson’s in the league make the game less enjoyable for white fans watching.
As a vertically challenged sports fan, I related more to smaller players like Tremont Waters and Darrel Mitchell than I ever would someone like Jason Williams or the Canadian Steve Nash just because they were the same skin color. John Stockton being one of your favorite players doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a game where talent is more important than skin color.
Unfortunately, the world was made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.
As a black gay man, I couldn’t see myself reflected in professional tennis – so I forged my own path
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As a kid, there’s nothing more important than seeing yourself represented. Yet whenever I watched the great tennis stars on TV, none of their stories ever seemed to fully reflect my own.
Over the years, we’ve seen a whole host of gay female pro tennis players come out and live their truth – from Billie Jean King to Martina Navratilova – but when will we see a high profile black gay man do the same?
Gotta recognize that instead of whining that there aren’t “enough people that represent me”, he went and became that person. But just how fragmented do our sports have to be for society to finally enjoy them?
Of course the common refrain in replies to these topics will almost always bring up the NBA, yet I seriously doubt the lack of Charlie Thompson’s in the league make the game less enjoyable for white fans watching.
As a vertically challenged sports fan, I related more to smaller players like Tremont Waters and Darrel Mitchell than I ever would someone like Jason Williams or the Canadian Steve Nash just because they were the same skin color. John Stockton being one of your favorite players doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a game where talent is more important than skin color.
Unfortunately, the world was made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 9:31 am
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