﻿{"id":435582,"date":"2020-06-12T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=435582"},"modified":"2020-06-12T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:30:06","slug":"usa-swimming-releases-new-letter-pledges-to-stand-united-on-race-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-releases-new-letter-pledges-to-stand-united-on-race-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Releases New Letter; Pledges to \u201cStand United\u201d on Race Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a pair of weeks where most every sporting league, team and athletic body has released some response to the recent surge of protests against racial injustice in America, USA Swimming issued a letter Friday, its second offering on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/news-landing-page\/2020\/06\/12\/letter-to-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Swimming letter<\/a> reflected a dialogue with black athletes and members of its membership and pledged that the governing body and its partners should \u201cand unified with us as we work to uplift and to amplify voices of change.\u201d It also acknowledges its slowness to respond and that \u201cswimming, like society, fostered systemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>We stand firmly against social injustice and condemn racism and discrimination of any kind. We reaffirm our commitment to foster inclusion and to join those who work toward meaningful change. We will continue to use our platforms to educate and to inform. We will support our Black staff members, our Black athletes, our Black coaches, our Black volunteers, and our Black family members. We will support the Black community because Black Lives Matter. These are important words, but it is our actions that count.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBWYGKHngIp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBWYGKHngIp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by USA Swimming (@usaswimming)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-06-12T21:10:43+00:00\">Jun 12, 2020 at 2:10pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>USA Swimming has tried to make headway on diversity, including via its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-announces-zone-diversity-select-camp-rosters-virtual-format\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zone Diversity Camps<\/a>, which seek to offer opportunities for underrepresented groups. Friday\u2019s statement goes considerably further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CA6IT_dHCUI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">than its June 1 statement<\/a>, in the immediate aftermath of the killing of <strong>George Floyd<\/strong> by Minneapolis police, which wasn\u2019t well-received. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/docs\/default-source\/default-document-library\/statistics-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Swimming\u2019s demographic study<\/a>, its membership is overwhelmingly white.<\/p>\n<p>USA Swimming outlines four steps it will take in the short term: \u201cfurther(ing) organizational education\u201d on diversity matter; expanding the outreach of its existing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative; more openly speaking about diversity topics with members and partners; continuing existing and exploring new partnership with diversity partners such as, \u201cDiversity in Aquatics, RISE, the Black History Invitational and the National Black Heritage Championship swim meets and other NGB\u2019s\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The release also highlights existing diversity programs, such as the Community Swim Team Program, Learn-to-Swim and Diversity Coach Mentorship and Diverse Athlete Support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/news-landing-page\/2020\/06\/12\/letter-to-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full USA Swimming letter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a pair of weeks where most every sporting league, team and athletic body has released some response to the recent surge of protests against racial injustice in America, USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":386451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[123606,123766,2690,123767,123768],"class_list":["post-435582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-diversity-in-swimming","tag-usa-swimming","tag-usa-swimming-diversity","tag-zone-diversity-camps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>USA Swimming Releases New Letter; 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