"We had Anthony Ervin on the men's team in 2000, not a black woman. It's kind of a little bit of a shame that there's not as many minorities involved, but I hope by Anthony and I making the team, that can jumpstart more minorities getting involved. [...] I think swimming is a very expensive sport, and we don't have the kind of facilities that we would like in every city. If we just get the facilities put up and get more people involved and just have more role models in general, we can get them motivated to do swimming. It's a great sport to be in. [...] I think there will be a little bit of pressure on me, but I'm ready to handle it. I know the public eye is coming, and I'm ready."
| A quote from Maritza Correia, 22, the first African-American woman to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, in "Correia's fourth makes history," Jemele Hill's latest Swim Notebook column for the Detroit Free Press
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