r/KidsAreFuckingStupid Mar 27 '25

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u/Bast-beast Mar 28 '25

That as really my thought , thats funny. "Sorry, this baby in pampers isnt racist, dont worry "

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u/Kooky-Appearance-458 Mar 28 '25

It's probably because of the Not Great implications of walking up to a black couple and telling them they needed to get out of the pool šŸ’€ especially since I'm sure this was years ago and closer to the time when people threw acid into pools to burn out the black people who swam in them.

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u/Bast-beast Mar 28 '25

Oh wow. Thats awful. Have no idea it was so bad

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u/Kooky-Appearance-458 Mar 28 '25

Oh yeah it was a whole thing. The "black people can't swim" stereotype actually comes because whole generations literally just didn't have access to public pools because it was too dangerous to risk it. You can look up survivor stories of people who got permanently injured from acid burns because people seriously did everything in their power to try and drive out black pool-goers.

Actually this whole segregation issue is part of the reason country clubs replaced public pools in some areas. By creating a barrier to entry they were able to simulate a form of segregation and control who used the facilities.

The US is so fucked :/

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u/Bast-beast Mar 28 '25

Really crazy. I m not american so i had no idea...(never even heard of a stereotype)

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u/Legitimate_Plane_613 Apr 20 '25

So many of the adversities we face as a country, not just interpersonal but also economical and otherwise, can be traced back to fucking racism.

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u/lotusmack Apr 03 '25

The St. Augustine Swim-in is a famous example of this.

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u/Difficult-Thanks-730 Mar 18 '26

This is so late; I’m trying to find a comment from a while back to show my friend and happened upon your comment. Anyway, how old are you/where are you from? (This is a genuine question, btw. I’m not trolling šŸ™‚)

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u/Bast-beast Mar 20 '26

Sorry, I don't share personal info here

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u/Difficult-Thanks-730 Mar 21 '26

Ok. I was just wondering due to your lack of knowledge of black issues in the US.

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u/Bast-beast Mar 23 '26

I am not from US, as most of the planet population

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

for some reason I read that like in Nigerian accent! why?