Black People Can't Swim | Ep. 8 | That's Racist

If you believe the stereotype, black people don't know how to swim. But is that really true?
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About 'That's Racist': Comedian and actor Mike Epps takes a light hearted but informative look at stereotypes in the world today through the entry point of humor.
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[@notimeforb.s7499]

I absolutely adore Mike Epps ,The bloke is sooo damn funny and bloody handsome ,love theat bloke

[@nibras5503]

"...The truth is nobody floats..." unless he's dead.

[@dandcc9192]

Nibras ali and his stomach is full of gas generated from the microbes eating the corpse from inside out, generating positive buoyancy.

[@TakaPFN]

I do

[@dogheartsunspots2145]

Nib ras not really,it depends on how much fat your body contains.

[@Babyduzzit]

Same shit i saidd lmaoo

[@JonathanSeffer]

if u get ko in water u sink for the next 6-9 hours. thats how ppl drownn.

[@shadicspeed2523]

There's a lot of black people in the Caribbean, a lot of water there too

[@selasedu]

shaking my head coastal Western Africa as well.

[@robp7174]

It’s a myth!!

[@franklinsaint5557]

They still aint like swimming seriously im from the caribbean half ppl i know can't believe me......and we hate swimming pools

[@cookie_doughlver4918]

I'm from here and what the white girl was saying was so damn right racist,

[@fireballplayx5295]

I’m black American and can swim to

[@lawrencelwartleyjr.8186]

I could have been an Olympic swimmer. Problem was at the time I was learning to swim...I also learned about girls.

[@zillsburyy1]

they cant!!!

[@shawngee1250]

Not swimming mikes class

[@mistercool3859]

4:13 - 4:16 Those are fucking words!

[@stephanien6237]

I had never heard this stereotype until a throwaway line on Community by Donald Glover.

[@hairboyanimaciones2711]

1:00 She just said WHAT?!?

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Rock fish are a real thing!

[@magnustherad3597]

i wanted to make a pool's closed joke, but it got too depressing.

[@DUKEOFSOUNDS]

Bones are heavier lol Well elephants can swim .

[@Ed-nc4lw]

That's right swim instructor is.just stupid

[@obscure3202]

@Chubby Panda They aren't White either, so what's your point.

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

Papa Dragon the swimmers with the most golds are white and more then the top ten

[@MichelleZhou]

DUKEOFSOUNDS Whales can swim

[@Dolunay2009]

But never in the Olympia..

[@FDZ04]

1:00😮😑

[@deletedacc4715]

Im Mexican so we learn fast Im a young age they trough me on the pool when I was 4 and started from there

[@Seattlefan77]

Raskal Music rofl, thats how somalis learn too

[@Geova-zb3ri]

Lol my uncle saw me looking at the river and he did the same thing threw me in there and thats how i learn

[@diego-bj1dp]

Deleted Acc i just jumped in and it was either drown or swim 😂

[@savannahmorgan6924]

U Mexican so u learn fast

[@chulo9716]

I have a black cousin he swims well and better than me. ( he’s Afro Latino )

[@Dc-kk9bd]

People don't float? He's obviously never tried to hide a dead body

[@crawfish70510]

did she really say that

[@DoctorRickSanchez]

She said "ofc they came over on a slave ship"..just wow

[@TheRamon81]

Chassy Prejean yeah, I was so shocked I started busting up.

[@crawfish70510]

Right

[@neeuqamilam1170]

Carlos Villa or their back was not wet enough! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lcrochetlovechild7047]

Chassy Prejean yes she did first thought she takes baths and showers so how can she not like water 🤔😆😆😆😅😅😆😆

[@teresawicks-kq3bq]

I'm black and my siblings and I swim like fish (7 of us). I had twin brothers (one deceased) who were like Olympic divers. I grew up in a community where we swam all day in the summertime (so much fun). In my community back in the sixties and seventies that's all we did. I've heard this stereotype but growing up I thought black people did know how to swim, because in my neighborhood we all knew how to swim and dive

[@chivozeper1811]

!!! Fucken mike would !!!

[@Merica1776o]

There’s evidence to suggest that bone density is higher among black people. Biological differences between race and ethnicities exist. That’s why some Africans are exceptional bodybuilders while other regions have runners.

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

I always thought it had to do with their hair texture, that thick coily hair shouldn't get wet

[@specialed_614]

I love Mike Epps

[@adelidavos2257]

Taught both of my sons to swim.

[@get_nerfedmazzy9168]

Adeli Davos u should put them in a swim team when they get older it's a lot of fun

[@sharongrindrod9530]

Good for you

[@cabezadepija7318]

1:01 *donkey braying*

[@oliverclothesoff4142]

wade in the water wade in the water

[@tiger1044]

I'm White, 61, from Jersey, and I never learned to swim. Floating around in the water in a pool is great. I almost drowned in undertows at the Shore as a teen. Twice. No more ocean for me. I live in N. CA now. On the Coast. I never go in the ocean. I walk on the shoreline. But go in the water? HELL. NO.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

Remember the xcelent movie, "White men can't jump"

[@bic262009]

Nigga bones. LMAO! IM DEAD

[@Ed-nc4lw]

There swim instructor is brain dead and is racist

[@blackdontcrack8203]

bic262009 Actually black people do have the most dense bones of any race due to our carbonated body which produces vitamin D when in contact with the sun.

[@JessJayEel]

@@blackdontcrack8203 that still wouldn't affect black people from floating though so why even bring it up. Notice that anything negatively associated with us is attributed to our biology but for white people it is attributed to their upbringing and childhood. It is white supremacist talking points. The same thing use to make a argument that we have inferior intelligence so it was warranted that we had to be colonized and enslaved because we wouldn't have the brain power to build anything on our own aka the "White Mens Burden". I hate stereotypes because they try to limit what an individual can do.

[@indiashante1560]

I've actually heard someone say that before though 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maxg8766]

Blackdon't Crack Black People don’t have denser bones that’s a myth, actually white People absorb vitamin D easier while Black skin is more like a sun screen

[@mikesum120]

In boot camp for the Navy, there were Soo many blacks who couldn't swim..we had to tread water and they were getting taught to swim in the shallow.part. yes me and my white friends were laughing

[@mateolane-murcia463]

1:03 Is fucked up

[@krizpyclips9270]

He said "because they got here thru the water" then that means that they have more chemistry with the water. That wouldn't make sense

[@karlosvodriquez5476]

every one can swim. it doesnt matter what color you are. you just have to be determined. set your heart to what you want to do. dont listen to what others say. there wrong any ways.

[@jimmyhunt9081]

Nobody floats? wtf always knew I was fuckin magic

[@bowzist]

That old lady said our bones are heavier. I’m done, bye

[@123Andersonev]

it's actually true, though what relevance it has on swimming ability is open to debate

[@123Andersonev]

its actually down to bone density, look on the bright side less risk of needing a hip replacement due to bone fracture

[@Power_Within]

Fuck.. that's interesting!!

[@thanosmaster-abel559]

Did that whitr girl at the beggining just said that

[@HA1290]

If swimming pools/ice skating rinks/cycling tracks etc were built in non-white neighborhoods (especially in USA & Canada), then there'd be neighborhood backlash...as in "Why didn't they INSTEAD build baseball/basketball/boxing/cricket/football/soccer/running etc facilities?! 'WE'RE' NOT swimmers/ice skaters/cyclists etc!!"...plus Indo/South Asian communities' backlash "Why didn't they INSTEAD build educational/intellectual facilities?! 'WE'RE' NOT athletes!!"

[@cabezadepija7318]

it's not really a racism thing... it's that sub-saharan africans are naturally a land-race evolved for running which is why they're THE best sprinters in history and the best marathoners for the most part

[@scottjohnson5307]

I love the water and don't eat chicken or pork

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

No sorry but WE Black people are THE best swimmers. Did you know that ancient surfboards were found, not in the Polynesian Islands, but in the Ivory Coast in Africa?? So Black people NOT knowing how to swim is a MYTH, and instilled from slavery to scare them from escaping!! When I was in the Army I was a master swimmer, outswimming almost my whole Ranger platoon. Yeah. WE Black people are natural born swimmers. Don't believe the hype, y'all.

[@ivelissesuero1569]

I heard is because their hair

[@leobardoalvarado9820]

Heavy bone!! That's why

[@christhomson8657]

Literally doesn't change anything.

[@nadadebraga7981]

i can not bike at all . What does it make me? well… i can never apply to work doing food delivery , but so what ?

[@jro0892]

A serious question here. Since Africa has some of the more dangerous waters due to an abundance of dangerous predators, could it be a genetic imprint passed down that creates a DNA-based disposition in African descendants to instinctually have negative feelings about bodies of water, in turn, resulting in a common lack of desire to swim for enjoyment creating a group that is less inclined to have a need/desire for the skill? Not saying “black people can’t swim” but actually that it’s less of an important skill to descendants of native Africans hence why it’s not uncommon for a black person to lack the skill resulting in the overgeneralized stereotype.

[@nick_battags5881]

lol did this guys really say that no one can float

[@karinamontes1539]

Mike epps love youuuu 😘

[@maniemane1030]

"Ofcorse black people are afraid of water they came over here on slave ships"...whaaaaat lmfao this woman is farealz Caucasia-vision

[@larryviars6199]

When I was in boot camp in the marines we had to swim qualification. If you didn’t qualify you had to go back and try again. Full cammies and boots. I didn’t make it the first go around. This was maybe 6 platoons. When I went back there was maybe 30 of us and I was the only white guy. The instructor said where you from. He said I know why they can’t swim why can’t you swim. I still can’t really swim and I bet those 29 other guys can’t either.

[@ikke2757]

The Man even tried it on certain Caribbean islands, in order to deter Slaves from swimming. Because if slaves could swim they could also steal boats and try to escape.

[@earastone140]

I can swim and I am black

[@mouadgranderson9618]

Eara Stone Me too, it's just a stupid stereotype. Anyone can swim as long as they're taught.

[@DoctorRickSanchez]

Mouad Granderson Honestly the deeper the easier at least for me lol.

[@antnewsreporter5752]

Same. I'm a swimmer on the swim team. The only black guy too

[@livelife8480]

its the hair lol

[@alyciamarrison2916]

That's damned horrible. Stupid sterotypes. I never heard this before. (fortunately!)

[@thomasgriffith2953]

The racism is unbelievable! Good lord we are ALL humans! This is a major reason I will NEVER vote for a republican from dog catcher on up EVER!!!!!!!!!

[@vegasmitch1472]

Almost All the Brothers i Know from the South Could Swim. SHT That's what We did in the Atl during the Summer between the Ages of 13-18yrs !

[@oooweebaby4483]

0:29 Wtf, Adolf Hitler poster!?

[@supersayinggogeta6994]

The struggle

[@isaiahlopez4555]

1:00 don't you have to go on a date with your cousin ?

[@madfunny9228]

Lol I can’t float

[@taco2728]

bruh i’m a white dude with a big rico and I won’t drown even when hard...

[@minns5515]

I love the water

[@mrcrux213]

I laughed at the part he came out with the floater

[@angelabraham5872]

There is no pools in the hood

[@bowzist]

Angel Abraham so all black folks live in the hood? Okay!

[@gumegoz2012]

it is thruth. a teacher told us that their bones are heavier and that was in 99.. that black people are not good in sciences. I know stereotypes affects the way we act. it depends of their cosmovision of life.

[@123Andersonev]

higher levels of calcium deposits probably, another one is black people are less susceptible to getting skin cancer due to the melanin levels in their skin, the deficiency in white people is a mutation due to the climates we live in, example there is insufficient sunlight in the northern hemisphere to produce enough vitamin d so our bodies produced less melanin to absorb more sunlight, on the flip side of this a black person is more likely to struggle to produce enough vitamin d in colder climates, different races have many different characteristics but we all agree on a social level it's irrelevant as we all have to live together.

[@brooksanderson2599]

I have two black cats and they both hate water!

[@chalespi5659]

I ain't even mad she said that 😂

[@kindnessfirst9670]

People who are never taught to swim can't swim. Seems like common sense to me. Learning to drive or ice skate works the same way.

[@JBennyA14]

They just dont want to get their hair wet.

[@G-cutta]

I’m black & i can swim since I was 10

[@jodymorphew4085]

"Dont go near the water, If you do ya doomed" -Mystical

[@pauldrake4295]

Yes some blacks can swim. I saw one one that was being chased by a shark. True story. He learned real quick.

[@alejandrogomez4804]

The Caucasian Lady with the "Slave Ship" comment was agressive. I had a Black Homie that couldn't play basketball it was like finding a "Unicorn/ Needle in a Haystack/ One in a Million" you know what I mean?

[@Mochab001]

I am a Champion Swimmer...... Myth Busted

[@BlackShampoo75]

I think I have a crush on Marcia.. goddam those lips are majestic and suggestive

[@760electrical]

David Groggins is black and that dudes a mFin badass... and is a swimming seaL

[@sgtasapmusic]

😂😂🤘🏾 Splashing in the 3ft.

[@thefe2gamer_jayprogamer145]

The first person you asked was from ghana thats where I am from and am black and i can not swim i almost drowned in a pool when i was 9

[@jw6405]

Yeah. I have no cares on whose feelings this may hurt. I grew up with a movie called "White Men Can't Jump." But it was a good movie about gambling addiction, so none cared. But, if I made a movie called "Black Men Can't Swim." The backlash would be fun.

[@JewelRocks123]

CULLEN JONES

[@jeffmorse645]

There's always the exception, but 90+ percent of the US Olympic swim team is white (with the rest being mostly Asian).

[@criXstreet]

Idk why were bad at swimming but good at running 😂😂😂

[@alphaathie9837]

😂

[@karimamin2]

I can swim because I would hate to drown

[@hankschrader6501]

As I kid I thought every one was the same until I was 10

[@ddrr003]

So is it the fact parents aren’t teaching there kids to swim or is it racism I’m confused

[@BossQueen]

You funny, our mc donalds in DC don't give shit free! And that shit be cold af bruh

[@alejandrohernandez3767]

Its cuz they dont have daddies. Also the same reason why they dont know how to fight.

[@nomadic8000]

Most heavyweight champions are black

[@lukespector5550]

It depends on where they live. And by this, I mean OUTSIDE of "Planet USA"!

[@pauldefazio3480]

spent time in the Caribbean I damn well know black people can swim on the other hand I had a black police officer in my dive class wanted to be a scuba diver but she couldn't even swim

[@irvinlucero5130]

1:01 damn

[@maphiafx8394]

Imagine humans were colour blind,like dogs?

[@jessicaarmy-animegirl9454]

I am a black girl from Germany born and raised there and I can swim

[@backyardbuck6362]

Jaws did it.

[@Fatyaqui]

That's a very crazy misconception. I grew up in Watts and every summer we would go to Will Rogers Park and swimming was done by everyone. I was taught to swim by a black man so don't think that black people can't. just like everyone else there's folks just cannot or won't. That goes for whites and Latinos as well.

[@familyfirst7036]

Francisco Tapia thank you I'm black and I appreciate that brotha

[@balakays550]

I agree i grew up in a not so good area of socal and always went to this one cheap water park as a kid and id say 75% of people were black.and theres plenty of black fishermen all over the world.

[@teresawicks-kq3bq]

Francisco Tapia, I also was taught by black men

[@Tirrell25]

yeah stereo types are usually made by regional assumption based off the area or just listening to what others say.its like a high majority of people who dont grow up around a lot of mexicans from cali to texas assume without not facts that all mexicans are here legally or not intelligent etc.grew up out in cali and onew a lot of mexican doctors

[@muricansoldierreee4004]

I mean he didn’t say that every black person cant swim but a lot of them didn’t want to learn how to swim.

[@elmexicano6116]

1:00 she right 😂😂

[@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___]

six of ten black people can't swim? Damn, that just confirms the stereotype

[@jadestone8887]

Did she really say "black people have bigger bones so they sink"...im done

[@RosieGosie]

They swim, it’s just the ladies don’t want their hair to get wet.

[@foolanhi8183]

LV skinny yep.... racist and sexist

[@RosieGosie]

LV skinny never said the word only... but keep your sensitive ass on the back of the bus on this “ Black people can’t swim” episode 😂

[@linoleluminum2017]

takes too long to silk press it...

[@rasheedmiller9301]

I'm from Jamaica and I can't swim for shit

[@livelife8480]

Rasheed Miller iono y but yea i do im high as shit lol was dieing when i read this

[@thecircle2662]

The part about heavy bones was so fucked up that I had to laugh.

[@EddieLeal]

can't swim....or last longer than 5 minutes in a horror movie. lol! Token black guy always gets killed off right off the bat. ;)

[@AshaHensleigh]

I just think the bone density argument is so dumb. If that were the case women would dominate the olympics

[@MrNOLAtoDET]

pissing in the pool is gross.

[@kennethmitchell6184]

I learned to swim after school as a young boy. My second oldest brother was in the Navy.