I remember P Mulins the author maybe I missed spelled his name talking about swimming being a white upper-middle class sport and the country club set. I guess he had not met Shirley Bashashoff that came from a blue collar background. Anyway, swimmers in elite circles tend to be more from upper-middle families than the non-elite. In high school programs, their are plenty of them from the barrio and the ghetto. Also, he seems to think swimming is divided between whites and blacks. In his state, both Latinos and Asians outnumber blacks. And Latinos are the group lowest on the income level in that state and Arizona mainly done to immirgation. I think the swimming world is seeing that in the states, its not a black and white world anymore,even in the south asians and latins have increase.
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It is my belief that issues such as this should be discussed openly and kept in the forefront. Only through open discussion of the problems among the races will we ever come to understand each others' perspective. A greater understanding of minority issues will help USA Swimming break through the race barrier and truely make it open to everyone.
It is my belief that issues such as this should be discussed openly and kept in the forefront. Only through open discussion of the problems among the races will we ever come to understand each others' perspective. A greater understanding of minority issues will help USA Swimming break through the race barrier and truely make it open to everyone.
