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[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Lmao OP just described a public pool. I've never been to one that wasn't like this and I grew up in a town that's like 90% white. Turns out race doesn't have anything to do with it

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 14 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Huh, I see almost no black people at my local pool. Then again, my town is like 90% white as well. But even in the town where I grew up that was a bit more diverse, black people just didn't go to the local pool, probably because you had to pay to get in and black people (in general and from experience) don't seem to like to swim. Even at my in-laws apartment complex which has a pool, there's almost nobody there, ever, and when we go, it's always just me. People seem to hang out more at the entrance to the complex than inside the complex.

[–] Noel_Skum 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was talking to a black guy from the US one day at a sailing club. He said that a lot of his ancestors had had a bad experience the first time they’d been on a boat; so water based activities weren’t that popular... I thought about it for a second or two and then we both started laughing. History is brutal.

[–] clay_pidgin 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's terrible, I bet that guy's a hoot.

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