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https://xkcd.com/385/ https://xkcd.com/385/ If you're a white person who doesn't know how to swim and it gets brought up in conversation, your interlocutors mi
by GuiA 10y ago
https://xkcd.com/385/ https://xkcd.com/385/
If you're a white person who doesn't know how to swim and it gets brought up in conversation, your interlocutors might be a bit surprised - because swimming is a somewhat common skill in 2016 in most parts of the world - but that'll be the extent of it.
However, it is my understanding that if you're a black person who doesn't know how to swim and it gets brought up in conversation, you get to hear semi-frequently something along the lines of "oh yeah that's right, black people can't swim" (not necessarily that explicitly stated, but you get the idea).
I hope you can see why it might problematic to repeatedly have this kind of interactions in your life.
- ralfd 10y agoWhat a strange stereotype. Why do people in the U.S. think blacks can't swim?
- justinlardinois 10y agoI'm guessing it's related to segregation, specifically public pools. Swimming is commonly learned in a pool, so if you don't have access to one it would be hard to lean. Obviously it's pretty outdated, but stereotypes are rarely concerned with accuracy.
- projectramo 10y agoi have never heard this stereotype. Most South Asians don't know how to swim. Never thought it would be considered negative.