Cullen Jones becomes second African American male to win gold medal in swimming

Great news and congratulations to Cullen Jones. This does my heart good because a few years ago the local "Y" was getting rid of their pool and a comment was made by one of the black administrators that the pool was being covered over because "Blacks don't swim". The irony of it all is that I learned to swim some 50 plus years ago at the same local "Y". Also, we helped get rid of that administrator and kept the pool.

Good for you Ostend Street. I am so happy it is Michael Phelps and not Cullen Jones whose suit is obviously hanging very low around his hips. I guess that is his rebellious look. Cullen you appear to be a "family" member so please keep it respectable over there. Good luck.

The Athens Games were in 2004, not 2000. Anthony Earvin won his gold medal in Sydney in 2000.

Good. Excellent. The gymnastics team looks like a casting call for gay twink porn.

What I don't understand is why, although blacks have done well in basketball, football, boxing, and other sports, they have not done well in swimming. Perhaps that is about to change.

FRE it was always an open secret that the swimming and gymnastics olympic teams were white only institutions. Blacks are included in the televised olympic tryouts but as far as making the teams there lied the glass ceiling. Cullen Jones is one of THOUSANDS of blacks who are very good swimmers. As far as the gymnastics team goes what ever that darker skinned (but clearly non-negro) kid on the team is he is representing the minorities of america because of political pressure to diversify the team. That IS the gayest looking gymnastics team I have ever seen. 50 million blacks live in the USA. It is hard to believe but true that the athletic programs in inner city schools have been devasted so bad that the only thing possible to produce are basketball players. And considering the mentality that goes with it may the lord have mercy on your soul if you are a black teenage male and not good at it. That is sad indeed.