{"id":93593,"date":"2026-08-31T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93593"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:56:32","slug":"the-mystery-of-why-so-many-black-britons-still-cant-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/the-mystery-of-why-so-many-black-britons-still-cant-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystery of why so many black Britons still can&#8217;t swim"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/2560\/cpsprodpb\/11ae\/live\/733b6bd0-a16c-11f1-b109-879e35c24276.jpg\" alt=\"A bright red lifebuoy floats on still water beneath a black-and-white image of a person standing on the edge of a swimming pool\" width=\"619\" height=\"619\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">As I push through the doors, the smell of chlorine hits me. Instantly, I feel sick, and I remember why I don\u2019t go swimming. I\u2019m getting ready for my first swimming lesson in over 10 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx27vxkpdz1o\">Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>As I push through the doors, the smell of chlorine hits me. Instantly, I feel sick, and I remember why I don\u2019t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-swim.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93594,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93593\/revisions\/93594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}