Swimming Caps

Swimming Caps

Another part of the story falls into place when we consider the lack of Black swimmers. The gear. The proper gear to fit and compliment our bodies, our heads and our hair. I remember swimming in The Great North Swim in Lake Windermere a few years ago now. Each...
Racism and Swimming

Racism and Swimming

Off the back of our recent podcast episode with Amina Smith-Gil where we discuss at the beginning of the show about the films Black Folks Can’t Swim, it’s pleasing to see Alice Dearing, a Loughborough University graduate, be the the first black female swimmer to...

Black Can’t Swim

I’ve heard that before, from Black and white people alike, that Black people can’t swim or don’t swim. There are historical reasons for this as well as financial reasons. I know where I was growing up, we had swimming lessons at school, Primary...