tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post5710228189524561193..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: Black Drownings in Shreveport, LA.James C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-88734404160528711912010-08-12T09:47:40.608-07:002010-08-12T09:47:40.608-07:00Great post. I too was greatly saddened by that tra...Great post. I too was greatly saddened by that tragedy. <br />It's a problem with city kids I guess because maybe they don't have accessible pools? <br /><br />One of the reasons I decided to move to a rural area was I wanted my kids to live with nature, and thank God,that they did. They explored rivers, beaches, waterholes, surfed like fish. <br />They developed a keen awareness of currents and riptides, flora and fauna, and everything else that is part of nature.<br /><br />My middle son even got to sit on a whale that was under his rowboat (he was fishing at night) and he didn't know it until the whale exhaled through it's blowhole!!! He saw the whales eye right up close to his!!! LOL! Miracle he wasn't thrashed. But he's got such a kind heart, maybe the whale sensed it and spared his life!<br /><br />I also advocate teaching children swimming and all the precautions that entail being in nature. It's beautiful, but it's also dangerousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-62881492218035229082010-08-11T09:26:00.058-07:002010-08-11T09:26:00.058-07:00Agree that we should all learn how to swim and mak...Agree that we should all learn how to swim and make sure we teach our children. This is the first time I'm hearing this story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-71334307253178680572010-08-10T05:31:18.978-07:002010-08-10T05:31:18.978-07:00What people need to know is not how to swim, as mu...What people need to know is not how to swim, as much as how to tread water, which is a related but separate skill. When I played water plol this was called "eggbeatering." As a minimum if people are taught to sweep their arms in wide arcs, palms down, they can probably generate enough lift to keep their head out of water until help arrives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-41727812112213057882010-08-09T15:30:35.962-07:002010-08-09T15:30:35.962-07:00We have to give our kids SWIMMING LESSONS AND DONT...We have to give our kids SWIMMING LESSONS AND DONT WORRY ABOUT THE HAIR BEING NAPPY! My daughter knows how to swim and my relatives taught their kids how to as well. If you're a guy, it should be a 'given'; keep hair shortif you're a girl, get cornrows and then LESSONS. I can't believe in 2010, black kids aren't learning in P.E. Unfortunaly, older black women don't swim well; we werent taught, because of 'hair'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com