Glenn Nelson's op-ed makes some great points... There's also a long and racist history about why people of color don't go to National Parks.
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I say this as someone who nevertheless loves national parks: the
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@NatlParkService formalized the "protection" of the outdoors, the way it carried it out was vastly different across racial lines. -
For poc, going to a national park means 1) to get there, you're gonna drive through some scary rural areas where white folks have guns...
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And 2) you stand to run in to mostly white forest rangers. Scared of authority on the street? Can be even scarier in the middle of a forest.
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If the National Park Service is real about wanting to diversify its visitors, it would do well to confront its racist history.
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@aurabogado Yep, I made this very argument about need for National Park Service to confront racist history last year: http://grist.org/climate-energy/want-to-attract-a-new-generation-to-the-national-parks-find-a-few-new-rangers/ … - 1 more reply
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@aurabogado Thanks for article. You may also be interested in "Black Faces, White Spaces" by Carolyn Finney@cfinney4 http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/10290.html … -
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@uncpressblog aurabogado You may be interested in "Black Faces, White Spaces" by Carolyn Finney@cfinney4 http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/10290.html …
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@aurabogado Natl Park Service has routinely stolen, desecrated Indigenous lands e.g.#MtRushmore#BlackHills.NPS has deep colonialist roots.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado interesting article, I've frequented many natl parks and haven't really exp any negativity or disdain from other folks.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado because we have delicious blood that mosquitos love. (aside: why did my phone try to capitalize "mosquitos"?)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado Thanks for posting this. There was a great feature touching on this on NPR this weekend w/@outdoorafro. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/07/12/421533481/outdoor-afro-busting-stereotypes-that-blacks-dont-hike-or-camp …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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