$20 bucks at Walmart. You don't need to go to OGE to do this shit. Stop trying to be part of the status quo. Hiking is hiking. You don't need fancy shit to do it. Our forbearers diddnt have shit and they were fine.

Tldr: Author shocked to see majority of people hiking are white when hiking in state that is 94% white.

Tldr of that tldr: Author doesn't understand probability

There's people out there who care about other people in the trail?

All I care about is people not blocking the path, littering, people not yelling/being overly noisy, and dogs on leashes.

After that, I don't care about much. Just four simple things.

Guarantee if you are black and on a hiking trail nobody will harass you or think anything of it

It's not easy for us poor white people to buy all the expensive gear either. Have you seen how expensive just a pair of real hiking boots are?

I have a suspicion that Critical Theory as it is applied to the black experience in America has a lot to do with the writers perspective. I see a lot of articles with the same kind of general tone in them, citing the same set of works from that..field..whatever it is.

CR in itself i guess is just a tool to shift ones perspective but it was built around economic models IRRC so trying to bend it to other *(edit, just a typo,no i didnt get religion. ) *disciplines seems.. a stretch at best, which might be why the whole article seemed off to me.

The article could be much more positively written for example how to attract more POC to wilderness recreation rather than what white folks need to do to atone for this lack.

As someone who hikes/climbs all the time I know how welcoming and friendly people are on the trails. And why wouldn’t they be? You are flush with endorphins, bathing in nature— just in a good place. I’m always amazed at how friendly people are on the trail because this activity seems to filter out most of the assholes. I’m sure there’s still racists hikers, but in general the trails are a pretty welcoming place for people to be.

I have noticed once in a while when I’m out there I see a group of POC who are a little caught off guard when I randomly say hello or greet them as they are wondering why complete strangers are friendly. But that’s also just a part of city/suburban culture. People just don’t randomly say hi when you are walking down the street. But that is the culture of the trails and I’m going to continue to support that culture of welcoming and friendliness to fellow hikers regardless of their race.

Shaws in Manchester,vt

Link?

I live in Burlington. I see that guy in the grocery and liquor store all the time. Sometimes at the cannabis dispensary, too.

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I perused your sorted by controversial comment history. These aren’t your first racist dog whistles. Piss off.

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Ah there you are. Maybe that thing inside you is well known to you after all.

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I suppose you didn’t read it

The only people it pisses off are snowflakes who don’t like the idea of not being the center.

The very title is about the fact that it’s for everyone.

If a PoC who says “maybe white folks shouldn’t be the default in the hobby” pisses you off, maybe you have some shit to work out that you didn’t know was inside you.

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People in this sub making me eat my words for claiming that Vermont isn’t racist.

Great article!! Thanks for sharing. The author urges white people to acknowledge that they probably have “a deep and likely unrecognized sense of belonging in those [outdoor] spaces.”

Before you discard the idea that a hobby / space / group is not inclusive to all, please question whether you have an unrecognized sense of belonging, and imagine what it would feel like to NOT have that.

We should want everyone, especially those who have been historically excluded, to feel included and a sense of ownership of our shared Vermont and the outdoor spaces and hobbies we love.

Yep, it’s a sedan. Not sure I’d call that “Vermont” more like mental illnesses.

We’ve paused selling our eggs for the winter as our flock of 14 has slowed their laying. Still getting a dozen every other day, but we’re on a poached egg kick so we’re going through that at about an even pace. I don’t think the $5/dozen we were charging would break even the way these girls are eating though. We still let them out every day but they’re plowing through food with their winter appetites.

https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/22955-eggs-off-to-shaky-but-hopeful-start-in-new-year

Is that a racist pun, or are you just oblivious?

Black person writes an article about challenges PoC face in participating in outdoor activities-

White people on Reddit- MASH THAT DOWNVOTE.

Based on your other comment I don’t think you’re an anti vaxxxer (which I think is what the downvotes are about) I read the linked article. Some experts say it’s important to begin developing vaccines for birds and others worry it will somehow prolong the problem and make it easier to pass to humans.

Hopefully we have ready begun getting a vaccine ready for when it does lass to humans on a larger scale.