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The Minority Pool Documentary Analysis

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"The Minority Pool", is a short documentary that centers on African Americans and the culture of swimming and aquatic activities. This documentary pinpoints and identifies the current social stigmas and issues regarding swimming in the black community and the reasons they don’t know how to swim when held in comparison to their Caucasian

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