Why People of Color Don’t Frequent National Parks:http://www.colorlines.com/articles/why-people-color-don%E2%80%99t-frequent-national-parks …
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@slenderbutter white folks who thought that they had to save nature from Indians, etc—a formal part of colonial settlement. -
@aurabogado@slenderbutter not to mention the fact that national parks were whites-only until way late in the game -
@quicksilvre@aurabogado Excellent point. Also, the idea of "camping", as recreation & leisure is a white middle class construct. -
@slenderbutter@quicksilvre Yes! Aside from race, conservation hinged on the idea that working-class whites couldn't appreciate nature. -
@aurabogado@quicksilvre And the offensive idea of "developing" land & "resources". As if Native peoples were just sitting here, wasting
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