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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Well, it does depend upon the state as far as high school. In Tucson there are high schools where the majority are Latins, mainly Mexicans. So, the swimmers are going be be Mexican at these schools. The same goes for my old high school in California, now only about 7 percent white now. There are also a lot of asians there too,so the kids swimming are going to be minority more than most places.
Well, it does depend upon the state as far as high school. In Tucson there are high schools where the majority are Latins, mainly Mexicans. So, the swimmers are going be be Mexican at these schools. The same goes for my old high school in California, now only about 7 percent white now. There are also a lot of asians there too,so the kids swimming are going to be minority more than most places.
