white men can't jump - black men can't swim?

[dowie]

Thing is they seem to have the budget available to teach people to drive as part of their curriculum but not to swim...

I guess in the UK driving isn't as much of a necessity in a lot of cities whereas in the US, unless you're in say NY or Chicago, then you're pretty much forced to drive to get around.

 

[Morgoth]

Put some water melons at the other end.

Problem solved!


OH NO HE DI-INT!

Ho ho ho.

 

[franco_22]

Maybe their afraid of water.

 

[Raikiri]

I'll thank you for showing me that the names are not traditional in their culture or - if they are indeed made up - that it is not traditional in their culture to make up names at a whim.

Well LaDarius for example is Greek... well the Darius part is, just added a 'La' for the hell of it I think

 

[mrk]

Maybe their afraid of water.

What about their afraid of water?

I'm all game with typos and obvious mistakes but come on man, that's just basic English!

 

[ps3ud0]

Well LaDarius for example is Greek... well the Darius part is, just added a 'La' for the hell of it I think

'La' is French

ps3ud0

 

[Raikiri]

'La' is French

ps3ud0

The Darius. Now that's a name.

 

[ps3ud0]

Bah I was looking for my French-English dictionary...

ps3ud0

 

[philip2009]

I'll thank you for showing me that the names are not traditional in their culture or - if they are indeed made up - that it is not traditional in their culture to make up names at a whim.

Distinctive black naming spiked in the 1960s(the era should clue you in as to why). In one analysis 30% of black girls born during one year in California had absolutely unique names(from the authors of Freakonomics). So no, it has little to do with "traditional" names or the "tradition" to make names up (unless you want to argue the 1960s was eons ago, which it wasn't) and more to do with the politics of race.

 

[doofer]

When the Pope visited Louisiana he saw a commotion at the side of the road so he stopped his convoy and went to investigate, there was three Red-Necks pulling a small Black boy out of a river by a rope, the boy was screaming and wailing around but the Red-Necks pulled him faster and faster, the Pope ran down and helped, eventually the little Black boy got ashore and the Pope blessed them all and told them it was great to see such a sight, kissed the floor and went on his way. The Red-Necks were mighty pleased and rushed home to tell all their relatives about the day the Grand Wizard of the KKK came and helped them fish for 'Gators.

 

[Metatron]

Chav lifestyle will be called a "culture" next.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Distinctive black naming spiked in the 1960s(the era should clue you in as to why). In one analysis 30% of black girls born during one year in California had absolutely unique names(from the authors of Freakonomics). So no, it has little to do with "traditional" names or the "tradition" to make names up (unless you want to argue the 1960s was eons ago, which it wasn't) and more to do with the politics of race.

So you're telling me that they give unique names, but there is no tradition of giving unique names?

I'll grant you that the timing is interesting, but I think you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater here.

And while I've read Freakonomics, I would be hesitant to hold it up as a paragon of socioeconomic analysis. It shows an awful lot of correlation, yes. Causation? I'm not sure...

 

[philip2009]

So you're telling me that they give unique names, but there is no tradition of giving unique names?

I'm telling you that there was no significant trend before the 60s so it is a fairly recent development rather than a long followed tradition. Names have become a label of racial identity for African Americans in recent times.

 

[cm1179]

I think I must be going to hell, I thought it was slightly amusing that the youths jumped in to help each other even though they couldn't swim and subsequently drowned.

i think you are going to hell, yes.

 

[Russinating]

I dont understand why you need to learn to swim, i have always thought it was just something you are born with or you lean naturally (like walking).

Not far off seeing as newborns are extremely capable swimmers

Maybe their afraid of water.

Their what?

 

[cm1179]

See, that's the funny thing. The old notion goes that black people aren't physiologically and anatomically built for competitive swimming like white people.

this is true, the same went for tennis for a long time until the williams sisters came along and look what happened there!
black people by their genetic make up are built better than white caucasian people for running, just look at the sprinting records (though that french man is competing but would still get blown out of the water by bolt or gay). interesting thing about bolt is that people of his height usually do not have the feet co-ordination required to get the power down onto the track, though he has obviously mastered it

 

[Twentyone]

Not far off seeing as newborns are extremely capable swimmers.

As in they can keep afloat by themselves or that they dive under without swallowing water?

 

[Russinating]

As in they can keep afloat by themselves or that they dive under without swallowing water?

In that they can swim - they naturally know the basic technique. They don't float because they lack the intelligence, not the ability (or maybe it's even a physical thing at that age).

 

[Twentyone]

Didn't know that! I remember loads of kids struggling to keep afloat when we had swimming in school.

I guess it's just forgotten if you pretty much never try to swim at all until you are a teenager/adult. Or fear of sinking keeps you from trying to float.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Not far off seeing as newborns are extremely capable swimmers

Haha, no they're not. They take a breath and close their mouth when you put them in water and that's pure instinct. They have no appreciable motor control and they wouldn't even float without assistance.