{"id":5595,"date":"2023-09-15T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2023-09-18T00:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:05:25","slug":"simone-manuel-launches-foundation-to-help-black-people-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/simone-manuel-launches-foundation-to-help-black-people-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Manuel Launches Foundation To Help Black People Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simone Manuel showed us that Black people, and Black women in particular, can swim and swim damn well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2x Olympian shinned in the pool in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games, winning two golds, two silvers and one bronze medal. She&#8217;s also a World Champion, winning 11 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze medals in individual and team events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Manuel wants to make sure that everyone can swim, especially people of color, and she&#8217;s taking action to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Manuel announced the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/simonemanuel.co\/\">the Simone Manual Foundation<\/a> to aid in that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today is the official launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SimoneManuelFoundation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SimoneManuelFoundation<\/a>! The goal of this\u00a0organization is to provide education and resources for BIPOC youth to create positive\u00a0swim readiness experiences and increase water safety awareness in communities of\u00a0color. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cc9mArgOcG\">pic.twitter.com\/cc9mArgOcG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Simone Manuel (@swimone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swimone\/status\/1702366983399080220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The goal of this\u00a0organization is to provide education and resources for BIPOC youth to create positive\u00a0swim readiness experiences and increase water safety awareness in communities of\u00a0color,&#8221; wrote Manuel in her post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Olympic pool is seeing more Black swimmers compete on a world level, swimming still remains an issue for the Black community. It&#8217;s an issue swimmers like Cullen Jones, <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/alice-dearing-puts-spotlight-back-on-black-hair-in-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alice Dearing<\/a> and Manuel have all expressed concern about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue appears to be generational according to Dearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou get to the situation where the grandparents weren\u2019t involved in swimming, they never learned to swim, they never took their children to swim and their children never took their children to swim,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/jun\/25\/racism-has-held-up-ethnic-minorities-in-swimming-says-alice-dearing\">said Alice Dearing to the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"first-1773290690\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But thanks to Jones and some <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/black-girl-magic-roars-in-the-water-at-the-tokyo-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aquatic Black Girl Magic<\/a>, swimming will be more welcoming to those who normally shy away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manuel&#8217;s foundation emphasizes three ways of addressing this issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through education, it will help parents and children involved in swimming navigate the obstacles they will face in a white-dominated activity and sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next the foundation will partner with organizations, schools and families to spread the word about events, clinics and other resources to get them involved.<\/p><div id=\"first-772971862\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And lastly, lead by example by getting directly involved and becoming an advocate for water safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manuel&#8217;s foundation will help raise awareness about activities in the water and also address <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/the-effects-of-liquified-racism-on-black-people-in-aquatic-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the notion of Liquified Racism<\/a>, which has deterred Black people from entering the water and competitive swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You go Simone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Manuel showed us that Black people, and Black women in particular, can swim and swim damn well. 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