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A Chat on the Stoop: Hasna Muhammad and In Deep Water

2023/8/11
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Hasna Muhammad:讲述了自身学习游泳的经历,以及在游泳池中作为唯一一位黑人女性的感受和与一位年轻黑人女孩的无声交流,表达了对黑人在游泳领域缺乏代表性的感受和对打破刻板印象的期许。 Leila Day:分享了她儿时作为游泳池中唯一一位黑人女孩的经历,以及由此产生的孤独感和自我怀疑,并与Hasna Muhammad的经历产生共鸣,认为黑人社群中普遍存在对游泳的焦虑和不适感。 Suzanne Rust:讨论了影响黑人游泳参与度的多种因素,包括头发护理、缺乏游泳设施以及历史上的种族隔离,并分享了她童年时父亲对她在阳光下游泳的担忧,这与肤色观念有关。 Hannah Bhabha:强调了游泳在许多非洲文化中的根深蒂固,反驳了黑人不会游泳的刻板印象,并讨论了黑人溺水率高的现象,以及其背后的潜在原因,包括种族主义和缺乏安全游泳场所。 Leon:讲述了自己差点溺水的经历,以及由此产生的恐惧和对自身身体条件的怀疑,反映了黑人社群中对游泳存在普遍的恐惧和缺乏自信。 Kevin Dawson:作为非洲散居人口历史学家,他研究了奴隶制时期非洲人在水中的活动,以及这些活动如何被奴隶主利用,指出奴隶制对黑人游泳文化的影响并非直接的创伤,而是后来的种族隔离和歧视造成的。

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Hasna Muhammad shares her early experiences learning to swim and her love for the activity, despite societal misconceptions about Black people and swimming.

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In this special episode, we examine the relationship between Swimming and the Black community. And we hear from one of our favorite podcasts, The Stoop. If you’d like to listen to more great stories from The Stoop, subscribe to it wherever you get your podcasts, or visit thestoop.org to learn more.

This episode is hosted by Suzanne Rust and Leila Day.

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While out for a swim, Hasna Muhammad finds a kindred spirit.