Black people and people of African descent swam. Our ancestors swam for their livelihood.

We talk about our ancestors from the coast of Africa who swam every day to provide for

their families, whether it be, whether it be fishing, you know, from the seas or pearl

diving or just recreate, even recreational, you know, for cleansing their bodies, etc.

And then we input the transatlantic slave trade, which happened primarily off the coast,

correct? One of my colleagues always brings to the forefront and when we're having this

conversation of why do you think they shackled our ancestors on the boat in route to the

Americas to the new land. If they did not know how to swim, because they knew that our

brother and a sister on that boat knew how to swim and was going to use that as a means

of escape. So they had to shackle and bind them. If we couldn't swim, then all you got to do

is put us on the boat. I'm not jumping off. I'm not jumping off. I'm not jumping off. I'm not jumping

off. I'm not jumping off. I'm not jumping off. I'm not jumping off.

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Everybody, welcome back to Wow Black. Listen, art is not here today. He is finishing up his travels,

but we still got a dope as episode for you. It's not just me, right? Today,

I'm just going to tell you, today's episode is about swimming and I recognize that when you hear

that, you may think to yourself, what in the world does swimming have to do with the normal topics

that they talk about? That's exactly why we need to be here having this conversation. We have

brought you other topics that don't seem to fit until you understand what's really happening.

And that's why I'm so excited about today. There are a couple of reasons why I wanted to have

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