The city of Seattle is launching a swimming program with the goal of addressing the racial disparity in youth drowning deaths. Registration for the pilot program, called Swim Seattle, opens May 16. Dr. Katie Wolff, HIPRC Research Scientist, talks with KUOW regarding the disproportionate number of drownings in people and groups of color. “And we think that a lot of that is because of a difference in access to instruction and water safety,” she said. “It probably goes back to sort of historical and generational barriers to access to recreational swimming facilities, to beaches, to pools.”
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