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Weekend: Why do few black people in Britain swim?

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Why do few black people in Britain swim?

02/07/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Why do few black people in Britain swim?

Official statistics show very few black people in the UK swim regularly

Official statistics show very few black people in the UK swim regularly.

Why do official statistics show that very few black people in Britain are regular swimmers?  We find out why.

Also, President Biden has promised to protect women who need to cross state lines to get an abortion, in the wake of the US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade.  But will his stance help convince fellow Democrats that he's the right leader of their party during this divisive time?

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Maya Goodfellow, a British academic and author specialising in race and immigration; and Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Programme at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington DC.

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