http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/01/08/siren-just-1-percent-of-american-mountain-climbers-are-african-american/
Oh, good grief ... you libtards need to grow up, take an honest look at yourselves, and just properly acknowledge that you're f**king morons.
We’ve done posts like this one before. During President Obama’s administration, the National Park Service found park ranger uniforms looked kind of like law enforcement uniforms and deducted that the vehicles and uniforms were scaring away minorities. In July of 2020, ABC News did a feature on the “existential crisis over race” facing National Parks, which remain “stubbornly white,” even though statistics showed that the makeup of visitors to National Parks almost perfectly mirrors the racial makeup of the country. Advocates for minorities enjoying the outdoors told ABC News they hoped George Floyd’s death brought attention “to systemic racism in the outdoors as well as other parts of society.”
A month later, the Los Angeles Times nailed down what it is that keeps minorities from camping: the high cost of entry. Camping equipment is so expensive, only whites can afford it apparently. The same goes for mountain climbing, we’re now being told.
KING 5 News ~ The lack of diversity in outdoor recreation is receiving more attention. Facing Race looks at how Washington state is pushing for more equity and inclusion outdoors.
http://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/diversity-outdoor-recreation-systemic-racism/281-62648fed-5a13-455e-af34-a4a36b32664b
Natalie Swaby writes for King 5’s “Facing Race”:
Diversity experts say the lack of diversity in outdoor recreation is another example of how systemic racism plays out in our society. Outdoor recreation has traditionally been a predominantly white space, and many adventure sports take money and time that not all people of color have had the luxury to invest in.
“The equipment is expensive. Permits can be expensive,” said [Sophia] Danenberg.
Danenberg says it cost her more than $34,000 when she climbed Mount Everest, and when she made history making it to the summit, it didn’t even make the headlines of her hometown paper in Connecticut.
“The fact that my local newspaper in Hartford wasn’t interested meant that, like, it didn’t really get out,” said Danenberg.
Your local newspaper in deep-blue Hartford wasn't interested enough in you to put something in their rag about your Everest climb, eh? Oh, well BOO-effing-HOO! So, now ... of course ... dingbat libtards feel the burning need to force African-Americans outdoors! I don't know. Maybe you should talk to African-Americans in Chicago, first ... when they go outdoors, they get shot!
Washington State is out to do something about it. “Danenberg breaking barriers is something that caught the attention of Charlotte Guard, the program director at Northwest Avalanche Center,” reports Swaby. “After the murder of George Floyd as leaders in the outdoor community, they realized they had work to do, including issuing a statement about their dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
So they issued a statement?
Sameer reTweet King Mohan ~
Too Bright For Your Gaslight ~ Not this 💩 again.
I first detected this nonsense years ago when an obese lesbian decried that she didn’t see herself sufficiently represented among hikers. Some people got it in their brains that this was a problem for “the hiking community” and not just for her. 👇🏾
jimtreacher.substack.com ~ Start busing people to the mountains.
Brian Wells ~ Checkout the lineup in surfing.
Well, if it is about proper diversity in compliance with societal percentages, they should simply kick out a large chunk of players in the NFL and NBA and turn 'em into mountain climbers, eh?
FweedomPhDMac ~ I always suspected mountains of being racist. There was just something about them that never quite felt right ... don’t get me started on trees.
Ed McG ~ Did not realize there were racial barriers to hiking! Might want to mention that to the sherpas. Perhaps they are voting with their feet. I don't hike out in the rain and cold either.
Magnus NP ~ So, I guess every actual problem in the world is solved?
Must be if this is the latest topic of conversation!
D Jones ~ I dunno, if a bunch of people decide not to do something, does that mean we need to ramrod them into doing it?
Vaccine-Free ~ If black people don’t want to hike or ski, what are you planning to do about it? How about leave them TF alone and accept that they don’t have to do things just because you’d like it if they did.
TEQ TONIC ~ There really is nothing left that's worth writing about, is there?
Patrick Towey, Non-Racist ~ LOL. Imagine thinking the racial demographics of mountain climbers is a pressing problem in January 2022.
op ~ Why did tax dollars go to this “study?”
Andrews Dad ~ “Lower barriers to access.” What barriers to access exist to hiking in the woods?
J. R. Kendrow ~ What if they aren’t interested in those activities? Why are “white people” interests and activities assumed to be the default?
Rav Arora ~ Shut up.
The Democrats’ spending bill already included billions of dollars for “tree equity”; will there be a government grant set up for people of color who want to buy mountain climbing equipment?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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