NBC News is re-circulating an article from February that has people checking their calendars to make sure it’s still 2025.
The title of the piece, “Scuba, skydiving and golf: Black adults embrace sports that defy stereotypes and bring joy,” explores how people of color are getting into “activities that were once inaccessible because of systemic racism or were not culturally traditional pursuits in Black communities.”
“These forays have become emblematic of the ways Black people celebrate the freedom and flexibility they have, and how they are using it to escape the rigors of life — personally, socially and politically,” the report reads.
The article dives into Tonya Parker’s love of golf, and how the pandemic introduced her to the sport despite her having no previous interest.
“I never thought that a Black woman like me, 63 years old, would ever find something that I just absolutely love at this point of my life,” the woman explained.. “It’s opened up a whole new world for me.”
Likewise, Baudelaire Fleurant developed an adoration for skydiving despite his fear.
“I was working so much I didn’t have a social life,” he said. He learned about “fun diving,” where a person free-jumps out of a plane by himself and parachutes down to Earth.
ADVERTISEMENT“I thought: ‘That’s different,’” he recalled. “It’s really unique for Black people, really outside the circle.”
X users were baffled by such stories being treated as if they were shocking breaks from the norm for minorities:
My goodness, it’s 2025. This isn’t some strange and new phenomenon.
— Briar Rose (@SBurlingame3) October 16, 2025
Venus and Serena Williams, who were rated 1 & 2
IN 2002, OVER 20 YEARS AGO
would like a word…
— Yo, Mel!!! (@YoMelToo) October 16, 2025
Calvin Peete would have laughed at you. pic.twitter.com/wRH1ByVRWZ
— John Tammes (@john_tammes) October 16, 2025
2025 and we are just now allowing men and women on golf courses ? Big if true. pic.twitter.com/Ud7oRpNi1c
— Bleu Cheque (@VERBAL_CHANCLA) October 16, 2025
Yes, because black people were prohibited from jumping out of planes by the Federal Anti-Blacks Jumping out of Planes Act of 1894.
— Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal (@MVdlJCardinal) October 16, 2025
You’re telling me in 2025 they are allowed to get swimming lessons. No freaking way, thank God for the civil rights movement!!!
— Jesse (@jessew22) October 16, 2025
Oh, thank goodness we’ve finally broken down the ‘systemic racism’ barriers of blacks having access to golf, maybe we can do tennis next…
— Corinne In TX (@CorinneInTX) October 16, 2025
Imagine if a black person in America could run for President. My bad… pic.twitter.com/wATTHinm1g
— ValerieAnn (@ProudUSPatriot1) October 16, 2025
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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