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College removes swim requirement after allegations of racism

Williams College Diversity Advisory Research Team conducted a study regarding the swim test between 2013-2019, which found that 81% of students that took the college’s "beginner swim course" were “domestic students of color” while only 3% were domestic White students.

Students that fail the initial swim test must take the course to satisfy the college's requirement.

Jeff Wiltse, a professor from the University of Montana, argues in a recent Chronicle for Higher Education article that these swims tests are “clear and obvious past discrimination.”

“Clear and obvious past discrimination still is a primary, if not the primary, reason why we have these disparate swimming proficiency rates today," he writes.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) minorities under the age of 29 were more likely to die via unintentional drowning than their white counterparts. Asian and Black students were the most at risk.

Isn't the group that's disproportionately likely to drown the group that should be taking swimming lessons?