100% support this article. Serious lack of empathy in these comments.

My wife and I hiked Mt. Osceola and wanted to take some photos at the overlook but one family (that was not white) hogged the spot for the entire time we were there (we even ate lunch). They refused to decenter themselves. This is not a race thing, it's a considerate person/non-considerate person thing and maybe more of an urban person in nature thing or entitled person thing, I don't know. We never once attributed their behavior to their race.

I grew up poor (and white) in Vermont. While I could never afford to snowboard or ski growing up, I didn’t feel like I wouldn’t belong out there simply due to the color of my skin. It is incredibly myopic as a white person to try and say that there’s no problem here. It’s unfair for us to say how someone else feels without having lived that experience ourselves. We need to listen and be open minded.

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The only thing hikers should care about imo is that other hikers are OK. Are used to hike a lot when I was younger and always carried extra water, bleeding control supplies or an improvised splint in case somebody needed some help. Otherwise you do you.

Who peed in your Cherios this morning? People are fatigued frome race discussions that are baseless, including PoCs. You make assumptions on the race of people who disagree yet never thought to think that is a racist mindset since you're sorting opinions by race.

Feel free to do the comment/post history to discredit me since you did that to another commenter, but it doesn't change anything stated above.

I used to hike with a sudanese girl a lot here like hundreds of miles a year, she was always in better shape than me and left VT for Colorado for bigger mountains. While I see less poc here I'd argue percentage wise there are as many people of color that enjoy the outdoors as there are white people like it's still only 5% of white people that get off their ass, the more you hike the more you see the same person in a different corner of the state no matter what color you are. If you want to be outside on a mountain, you will be, not a race thing, a personal motivation thing.

right? really great article. mainstream group, website, blog… nah mash that downvote.

Shaw's always felt like a scam. Definitely my least favorite out of shaw's/PC/Hannaford.

The layers of racism in this comment 🤦🤦🤦

vIrTue sIgNaLiNg

Next you will tell us about wokeness.

I’m cringing SO hard at these comments. If you really and truly feel like Black and POC people are given equal opportunities to exist outdoors, but are open to changing your mind, PLEASE check out Alexis Nikole Nelson aka The Black Forrager. She’s done lots of podcasts and interviews about the risks involved in being Black in the outdoors, and about the history of white people intentionally preventing POC from having access to natural resources in order to aid racial oppression. There’s another great podcast called Ologies that has an epic episode about Black bird watchers, who started on online community after a black man who was watching birds in a public park got the cops called on him by a white woman.

Do NOT tell me that white hikers on the AT haven’t refused to share a lean-to because a black camper was “sketchy” when really, he was just a regular dude who was black. I’ve seen it happen. Do NOT tell me that the 2nd whitest state in the country has never excluded POC from many activities, including outdoor ones, especially when I was standing right there when a white Vermonter said “I thought you guys didn’t like the cold” to my black friend while out snowshoeing.

Racism takes many forms. Passive aggressive exclusion is one of them. A lot of white people participate in this particular form of racism without even realizing it. Northern racism feels different from Southern racism, but is still very much alive and well. Believe black people when they say they’re not welcome. Advocate for them and prioritize their comfort. It’s a no-brainer.

Yup Vermont, checks out. Black, white, green or blue, I don't give a screw. Just stay away and let me through. I hike my own hike and shy away from PC hubaloboo.

Oh yeah, by no means am I anti vax for humans! I get the flu shot every year and have had all the Covid shots. For poultry populations I was just reflecting on the article, and my comment about herd immunity was based on the article's mention on the potential for herd immunity in wild populations.

The fact that no punitive damages were awarded is fucking incredible.

UVM med should burn for this. It took only one entitled employee on vacation with a corporate laptop, a VPN connection and reading personal email to cripple the health care system.

Well done UVM med. You're not too big to fail - you're failing all on your own.

Sure. I read it. It’s not clickbait; it was published in the Green Mountain Club’s gazette. I’m white, but am interested in others’ perspectives, since by definition I can’t see them unless I’m told about them. I found the article interesting and well-written.

Man I wish it was.

I'm sick of seeing my peers get the shaft, it be nice to see a common feller get a leg up.

I recommend giving White Gaze some hearty research.

The people up here STARE. The richer and older the Vermonter the worse the staring is.

Edit: Ooo, touched a nerve did I? Y’all need to learn to keep your eyes to yourselves tbh.

Shit happens. Vendors suck. Not all IT pros are created equally. Still not a good excuse for a proper disaster recovery plan / yearly testing.

Yeah that is true. But you're still not out $200 bucks. Even if you bought 4 new pairs of Walmart boots you're still not out $200.

Price doesn't also denote quality. I've seen a lot of tear down videos about boots and testing from project farm and other YouTube channels. People are more interested in being a meme than practical.

I know what it's like to be poor. I was growing up and through most of my adult life. Being poor means you're paying a lot more for a lot less.

That's the problem with being poor. You pay for cheap stuff which inevitably breaks down pre-maturely and then your having to buy new stuff the next year.

What kind of race-baiting, virtue-signaling crap is this.. ? Looks like a person having a great time to me.

Yeah most businesses are too fucking cheap to maintain their disk backup let alone an off-site one.

People do not take cybersecurity seriously. Social engineering is a real thing. People really need to educate themselves or prepare for unemployment or worse - a stolen identity.