Swim Caps are Racist

[Rational Poster]

they had above ground pools in the 1960s? at personal homes?

word?

that's uh pretty hard to believe. You realize things can be added after the fact, right?

Above ground pools have been around since the 1920s in various forms.

Above ground pools that you'd more commonly recognize with today started to appear in the 1940s.

"From the mid-’50s through the ’60s, other industry players such as Bilnor Corp., Coleco (later purchased by Lomart Industries), Muskin Leisure, Wilkes Pools and the Delair Group added lines to the market. The new pools sported epoxy-coated steel walls supported by posts made of galvanized steel or extruded aluminum. A 2-inch-wide top rail (expanded to approximately 9 inches by the 1990s) provided structural support. On the pools’ interiors, manufacturers introduced vinyl liners, designed to withstand harsh winter weather — allowing pools to be left outside throughout the year."

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Above ground pools have been around since the 1920s in various forms.

Above ground pools that you'd more commonly recognize with today started to appear in the 1940s.

not commonly they didn't, they weren't even remotely 'common' and that's for wealthy people until the 1980s

the vast vast majority of people learn to swim in public pools my dude

 

[Gregolian]

Almost every house in my development has an in ground or above ground pool, and it was built in the late 50s and early 60s.

White suburban life was just better back then too.

Where the fuck do you live? Like which state? Cause almost none of the houses in my county have a legit pool in their backyards and those above ground ones made out of like PVC pipe and shit are rare.

 

[Gregolian]

not commonly they didn't, they weren't even remotely 'common' and that's for wealthy people until the 1980s

the vast vast majority of people learn to swim in public pools my dude

Or when the DI pushes them off the ledge into waist deep water and a dude starts freaking out like they're drowning.

 

[Rational Poster]

not commonly they didn't, they weren't even remotely 'common' and that's for wealthy people until the 1980s

the vast vast majority of people learn to swim in public pools my dude

That just isn't true.

 

[Rational Poster]

Where the fuck do you live? Like which state? Cause almost none of the houses in my county have a legit pool in their backyards and those above ground ones made out of like PVC pipe and shit are rare.

NJ

 

[Leagon]

Where the fuck do you live? Like which state? Cause almost none of the houses in my county have a legit pool in their backyards and those above ground ones made out of like PVC pipe and shit are rare.

I grew up in Nevada and lots of people had in ground pools in the suburbs. That's how we all learned to swim. Maybe it depends on where you're from.

 

[FinalFight]

Why is this in the war room?

Fake outrage race porn?

 

[Madmick]

It's in the OP and the article.

And the author of the OP/article is as ignorant as you.

I've helped dozens of young black girls, competitive swimmers, apply their swim caps. Most of the really young ones like the help-- boys or girls-- for a few years until they get the knack of it. In fact, many elite female swimmers who have a large volume of hair never stop using a helper to adorn their swim cap. Usually they recruit other female swimmers, but when you're a USA Swim Coach you end up doing this as a matter of routine at any given swim meet. You even help swimmers from other teams who find themselves in a pinch behind the blocks.

It's latex. Afros or dreadlocks make no difference to your technique. In fact, these hairstyles are quite a bit easier than the girls who have waistline hair who end up twirling/folding their hair, and holding it on top of their head, which is why they need you to stretch and cover the head with the cap. It's not complicated. It just takes two sets of hands.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

who the fuck actually wears swim caps?

 

[Rational Poster]

@HunterSdVa29

"In the mid to late 1940’s, after World War II was over, millions of men came home trained to swim and some were able, thanks to GI bill, to own homes. Wives had worked during the war and some continued to work after, boosting the family income even higher. The combination of these events was perfect for the pool industry. This is when companies such as Anthony Pools, Sylvan Pools, and California Pools began and the kidney-shaped pool emerged."


"In the 1950’s, after the Korean War, the pool construction boom really took off, as more and more pool companies were using gunite over poured concrete or hand-stacked concrete. Now Florida, Texas, New York, and even the Midwest were beginning to have pool companies move in, mostly from California. Pool financing began a popular way to pay for the pools and made it possible for the upper-middle class to be pool owners. The industry was unified by the formation of the National Pool and Spa Institute, providing a forum for builders and manufacturers to exchange ideas and solutions to problems. In the late 1950’s, Esther Williams brand pools began operation, which was the first vinyl-lined swimming pool manufacturer. It was also during this time that the one-piece fiberglass pool debuted."

 

[HunterSdVa29]

@HunterSdVa29

"In the mid to late 1940’s, after World War II was over, millions of men came home trained to swim and some were able, thanks to GI bill, to own homes. Wives had worked during the war and some continued to work after, boosting the family income even higher. The combination of these events was perfect for the pool industry. This is when companies such as Anthony Pools, Sylvan Pools, and California Pools began and the kidney-shaped pool emerged."


"In the 1950’s, after the Korean War, the pool construction boom really took off, as more and more pool companies were using gunite over poured concrete or hand-stacked concrete. Now Florida, Texas, New York, and even the Midwest were beginning to have pool companies move in, mostly from California. Pool financing began a popular way to pay for the pools and made it possible for the upper-middle class to be pool owners. The industry was unified by the formation of the National Pool and Spa Institute, providing a forum for builders and manufacturers to exchange ideas and solutions to problems. In the late 1950’s, Esther Williams brand pools began operation, which was the first vinyl-lined swimming pool manufacturer. It was also during this time that the one-piece fiberglass pool debuted."

I already read all that, you're negating the actual numbers

HD TVs came out in the 90s, when did you get one? people don't get things initially after they're introduced, not sure if serious

 

[MayhemMonkey]

so.... swim caps huh? I could get on board with them now I think about it

 

[Jballer]

We’re all the way down to swimming? People are running out of sports to call racist.

 

[Gregolian]

NJ

Maybe it's cause it's the east coast but in WA almost no one has an above ground pool... nevermind some in ground thing unless you make 7 figures a year easily.

I think me and most of my friends learned to swim at either the YMCA or because our dad's threw us off the railroad bridge into a slow moving river with a life vest.

I grew up in Nevada and lots of people had in ground pools in the suburbs. That's how we all learned to swim. Maybe it depends on where you're from.

Yeah but you're in the desert. Pools even those PVC pipe ones that are above ground are probably super common there.

 

[Darth_Inv1ctu5]

Having pools is a luxury and most black families have been at the bottom end of the poverty scale for over 200 years.

Seems cut and dry to me.

I would change that to "going to pools". Having a pool is not a prerequisite, not by a country mile. I come from a small, poor Eastern European country where you only have communal pools and I can count the number of kids I know who cannot swim on one hand's fingers.

Access to communal pools & YMCAs is quite a different matter and could be a contributing factor but owning a pool is definitely not. I don't imagine that more than 0.001% of all people who can swim learned that in their own personal pool.

 

[Rational Poster]

I already read all that, you're negating the actual numbers

HD TVs came out in the 90s, when did you get one? people don't get things initially after they're introduced, not sure if serious

Pools have been around since Ancient Greece.

America didn't invent the pool.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Pools have been around since Ancient Greece.

America didn't invent the pool.

hahaha ok
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90213675

 

[Rational Poster]

Maybe it's cause it's the east coast but in WA almost no one has an above ground pool... nevermind some in ground thing unless you make 7 figures a year easily.

I think me and most of my friends learned to swim at either the YMCA or because our dad's threw us off the railroad bridge into a slow moving river with a life vest.

Yeah but you're in the desert. Pools even those PVC pipe ones that are above ground are probably super common there.

It's a middle-upper middle class thing for sure, and my point still remains.

Black people just didn't have access to them for most of our history like the rest of us... and for quite sometime in recent history they were literally banned from them.

And even today, you see racists having issue swimming with blacks.

 

[Scerpi]

What a bunch a race baiting garbage...

Seriously, fuck off with this shit.