There’s nothing funny about the fact that at all ages, African-American children drown at dramatically higher rates than white, Hispanic, or Asian children. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that black children, age 5-14, drown at three times the rate; in swimming pools, black children, age 5-19, drown 5.5 times more often than whites, 11-12 year olds at 10 times the rate.
