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Radio WM,3 mins

'I felt like a black unicorn' - Swimming teacher on lack of black swimmers

Elise Evans on BBC Radio WM

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Annalize Butler said she felt "like a black unicorn" when she came to the West Midlands and realised how few black people swam. The Londoner began teaching lessons in Birmingham and Wolverhampton after getting a strong response to a post on social media in 2020.

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