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"That Mamdani is a menace!"
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Actually goes back even further.
During slavery being able to cross water was a superpower for escaping slaves. Blood hounds would lose the scent.
If a master saw one slave swimming, everyone would be whipped. Pretty soon, the older slaves would stop any kid who went into the river.
Also https://nabsdivers.org/
Damn. "Black people can't swim" hits wayyy harder with that context
Here's another fact I learned recently.
Back in the early days of movies, it was common for a vaudeville to show a one reel cartoon in the middle of the live acts.
Because blackface performers were popular in those days a lot of the early cartoon were based on blackface comedians.
That's why so many wear white gloves, have black bodies and white lips.