Yes, according to the brilliant brain stems at ABC. More garbage you can't make up.
America's national parks face existential crisis over race
As millions of Americans escape home quarantine to the great outdoors this summer, they'll venture into parks, campgrounds and forest lands that remain stubborn bastions of self-segregation.
"The outdoors and public lands suffer from the same systemic racism that the rest of our society does," said Joel Pannell, associate director of the Sierra Club, which is leading an effort to boost diversity in the wilderness and access to natural spaces.
Ah yes, the old systematic racism, LOL.
New government data, shared first with ABC News, shows the country's premier outdoor spaces -- the 419 national parks -- remain overwhelmingly white. Just 23% of visitors to the parks were people of color, the National Park Service found in its most recent 10-year survey; 77% were white. Minorities make up 42% of the U.S. population.
"That tells me that we've got a lot of work to do," said David Vela, acting director of the National Park Service.
The career park administrator,appointed by President Donald Trump to the post in 2017, is the first Latino to lead the agency.
Damn Trump being a terrible racist again!
"If we don't address this, and we don't see how all these things are interrelated, then we're going to risk losing everything," said Pannell. "You're not going to have public lands to enjoy."
That's it folks, because of perceived racism, we may lose our public lands!!
Somebody please enlighten me, I'm very confused by this crack journalism.
Rick wrote: Yes, according to the brilliant brain stems at ABC. More garbage you can't make up.
America's national parks face existential crisis over race
As millions of Americans escape home quarantine to the great outdoors this summer, they'll venture into parks, campgrounds and forest lands that remain stubborn bastions of self-segregation.
"The outdoors and public lands suffer from the same systemic racism that the rest of our society does," said Joel Pannell, associate director of the Sierra Club, which is leading an effort to boost diversity in the wilderness and access to natural spaces.
Ah yes, the old systematic racism, LOL.
New government data, shared first with ABC News, shows the country's premier outdoor spaces -- the 419 national parks -- remain overwhelmingly white. Just 23% of visitors to the parks were people of color, the National Park Service found in its most recent 10-year survey; 77% were white. Minorities make up 42% of the U.S. population.
"That tells me that we've got a lot of work to do," said David Vela, acting director of the National Park Service.
The career park administrator,appointed by President Donald Trump to the post in 2017, is the first Latino to lead the agency.
Damn Trump being a terrible racist again![/b]
"If we don't address this, and we don't see how all these things are interrelated, then we're going to risk losing everything," said Pannell. "You're not going to have public lands to enjoy."
That's it folks, because of perceived racism, we may lose our public lands!!
Somebody please enlighten me, I'm very confused by this crack journalism.
OH PLEASE...let us get straight up about this.....racism is NOT THE REAL PROBLEM...this is....
e360.yale.edu/features/open-for-business...tion-on-public-lands
BEARS EAR was a hot topic here....OUR Indian constituents went to protect and protest the land grab,
I'm from ALASKA, do U think I am not pissed , since I have lived close to the ARCTIC in Fairbanks, Ak.
Maybe minorities don't like going to National Parks? Everyone is different, like my brother, nature bores the crap out of him.
HA, sure some lands are being exploited commercially, but isn't Yellowstone National Park also being exploited commercially? Guides, fishing licenses, lodge concessions.
And just this year, more Wilderness Areas were created and those aren't exploited. Can't even ride a bicycle in them...legally.
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