November 8, 2003

  • Why Black Women Don’t Sail/SCUBA Dive

    During my pediatrics rotation, we had a lecture on the most common causes of pediatric deaths. One of the most common accidents is drowning. Our lecturer then proceeded to show us a slide of the statistics of children drowning, based on race. It went as follows:

    1. Black Male Children
    2. White Male Children
    3. White Female Children
    4. Black Female Children

    I thought that was really interesting. Liberals who are always trying to talk about how oppressed black people are, would probably try to attribute the significant differences on the basis of some kind of disparity in health care.

    However, that would not explain, then, why almost NO black female children drowned in 2000.

    When I was in grade school, a black female friend of mine, told me she avoided water. Why? Well, it made her hair frizz up, and she would have to call her mom to help her re-braid it.

    I have seen black female sailors. They are few are far between. I admire them for their ability to shrug off the stupid notion that Afros are unattractive. How stupid that society’s opinion of hairdos dictates what black women feel they can and cannot do.

    Because of society’s mockery of Afros, black female children’s drowning rates are not up to par.

    Note that there was no mention of Asian children drowning rates. Darnit! Don’t Asian children get to drown too!??? Racial discrimination, I say!