My daughters have been begging to go to the pool. The hotel I'm at is at 3% capacity this week, but the indoor pool has been too crowded for my comfort.
But then I remembered this phenomenon that happens when Black people join white spaces, white people tend to leave.

Don't believe me, Google "white flight". White people will sell their homes and move, if too many Blacks move to their neighborhoods. The same thing happens when we get in the pool. Every time. My entire life. White people tend to leave, and we get the entire pool to ourselves.

I decided to test it this time. When White people leaving would no longer be offensive, but the safest thing to happen during a pandemic.
And yup, within 7 minutes, we went from sharing a pool with 12 other families, to down to 2 families.

Allies, have you noticed this phenomenon?
Do you happen to leave when Black people show up?
Can you help me understand what's this about?

But for today, my children will get to swim indoors without my heightened worry about #Covid_19