More hyperbolic pandering. . . the language used in the piece is just atrocious. It stereo-types folks in rural areas as bad as folks ourside urban areas used to stereo type "BIPOC groups."
These ruling class journalists really are on a crusade to divide everyone.
". . . Groups in Southern California and around the nation have made it their goal to introduce people of color to nature in a positive way. Their mission is to remove barriers and help people experience the connection, whether they are seeking fitness, healing, personal accomplishment or knowledge about all the outdoors has to offer. For many, the first step is going on a hike. . . "
I see a lot of Blacks, Asians and Hispanics when I hike, so maybe California has a race issue seeing here in the Houston region we go out and walk when the smog, heat or Covid does not kill you!
Agreed. I think whether folks spend time doing things in nature all has to do with whether they have the money, time, health, and if their folks used to do it.
It has nothing to do with . . . well, ethnicity.
California maybe needs to pay it's minorities better and give them more vacation time?
Ya, um it takes no money to go hiking. Other wise time and exposure is key. Now hunting and fishing can cost money. I should know I make a living as a hunting and fishing guide. If you are a second amendment guy this article should fill you with glee. Market segmenting to reach people who have no out door skills is paramount to the appreciation of gun ownership. You had better worry about who is walking around the woods these days because what I see is flat alarming. Most the people I run into out there have more grey hair than I have. That does not bode well for the future of a sport. Soon there will be no one left to pass on these skills. Talking about money, you are right about hunting camps they are expensive my clients are typically upper echelon corporate clients. People more interested in a photo op than obtaining skills. It turns my stomach at times. Grown ******* men playing rambo in the woods. Many are ******* soft and really have no business being out there. They would freaking die if I and the other guides were not with them. I some times think I could pit these 20 grown ass men against my 6 foot 1 daughter and she would kill every last one of them inside an hour. If you believe in the second amendment and actually care about the out door life you will support what these people are trying to accomplish.
Your privledge is showing, BIG TIME.
It does take a good, reliable vehicle to get to a nice destination to hike. A lot of poor folks do not have cars, they have only public transport.
On top of that, many are working minimum wage jobs, sometimes more than one, and what little time off they have is devoted to catching up on domestic household duties, they do not have a lot of time to go on extravagant excursions, usually just nearby points of interest, movies, museums, parks, etc.
You yourself admit, "time and exposure." It takes time to find the locations and spots to hike, and time to get there. That is something poor urban folks do not have while trying to survive. I have lived and worked among them, it is a different world in that area.
Time is precious to everyone. So yeah, it does take money to go hiking, time is an opportunity cost, and for some, like it or not, that equals money lost or gained.
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