Black children ages 10-14 drown at rates seven times higher than White children. Natasha Foreman is working to change that.
"We were afraid of the water. My mom was afraid of the water. No one could swim," she recalled.
"Just being in environments where there are little to no Black and brown children in the pool learning to swim, and me being the only Black or brown coach in the water teaching other children to swim, I wanted to support my culture," Foreman told Scripps News. "Doggy paddling is what parents consider knowing how to swim, but actually your child doesn't know how to swim unless they know how to save themselves in the water," Foreman said.Drowning is the leading cause of death for all kids between the ages of 1 and 4. However, Black children ages 10-14 drown at rates seven times higher than White children, according to the CDC.
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