[anymouse]

So what's the big deal? Seems that the media is being ever so race conscious now that the Democrats racism is out of the closet. :)

[Jeff Chandler]

Not a happy camper.

[the invisib1e hand]

Black Campers Recruit Against History, Stereotype

I'm sure Martin Luther King Jr. is elated by this great step forward in civil rights.

[KenHorse]

If it is a verifiable fact that most campers are white, how on Earth is it a stereotype?

[Bernard]

We have friends who have invested thousands of $$$$$ in camping equipment, just so they can sleep in the rain and mud, walk three blocks to the bathroom, and so on.

My wife and I have always investing in camping adventures at $79 per night (either Holiday Inn or Courtyard), and you never have to rinse off the points or re-fold them when you get caught in the rain. Just a different life-style, I guess.

[KoRn]

"We cater mostly to the family"

Well, that explains at least part of this. Most of the time it is families who tend to go out camping, and blacks have a lower amount of family units relative to whites due to their higher out of wedlock birthrates and of course divorce, which affects all races.

[RFEngineer]

“Walk around a campground filled with black people and it’s a lot like being in a campground filled with whites”

And I wonder why they think it wouldn’t it be like this?

[WesternPacific]

Why do Blacks always feel the need to form groups that promote segregation? Black RVers, Black Caucuses, NAACP, etc..

Can't we all just get along?

[RFEngineer]

“”As far as I’m concerned it’s a major issue,” said Johnson. “As the so-called browning of America goes on, if black people and other people of color aren’t visiting campgrounds and parks, how is the National Park Service going to reach the public in the future?””

They could rotate folks in public housing through campgrounds a couple weeks a year. How about paying people to visit the parks?

Sometimes I think that the government just doesn’t care about this issue.

[VR-21]

I have a black friend who defines “camping” as anyplace that doesn’t have cable. He regularly tells me I’m crazy for enjoying that sort of thing.

[RegulatorCountry]

Walk around a campground filled with black people and it's a lot like being in a campground filled with whites.

What a weird statement. I can't quite decide if it's due to amazement on the part of the writer or what. And those unfortunate folks camping in their "Katrina-style" trailers ... who's stereotyping whom, here?

[I see my hands]

No mention of Muslims.

[Mike Darancette]

What are they babbling about? I’ve seen lots of black campers. I’ve been camping and fishing with black friends and they enjoy roughing it (within reason of course) just like us white folks. No motor-homes or trailers involved.

[LibFreeOrDie]

RV owners including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who travels the country in a big motor coach with his wife when not deciding cases.

How cool would it be to sit around a campfire with Clarence Thomas!

[Savage Beast]

Sounds good to me. I’ll be happy to share some stories and snacks with nice folks around the campfire.

[Clock King]

For your edification:
Angling Sisters
http://www.ultimatebass.com/content/view/702/232/

[csvset]

Camping while black?

[happygrl]

Hey I think its great.

I took a van-load of kids camping some years ago to Sequoia National Park. We were all shades. Some of those kids have told me that it still is one of the high-lights of their life.