There are many barriers that have caused minority swimming to have a low participation in the sport of swimming. These barriers include, Race, Low income , and fear. There is a high percentage of minorities who just can not swim period. As it states on BBC.COM “Just under 70% of African-American children surveyed said they had no or low ability to swim. Low ability merely meant they were able to splash around in the shallow end. A further 12% said they could swim but had "taught themselves", and also The study found 58% of Hispanic children had no or low swimming ability. For white children, the figure was only 42%.”, this shows that not many of us have the opportunity to even learn how to swim, unless they teach themselves. Fear is
