“Kellman said another group of hikers was staring at her and whispering, before one woman approached her, put her arm up against hers, and said “Hey, I usually don’t see people darker than me climbing out here.”
I call BS. Never happened.
“I was about 21 at the time, and I didn’t know what to make of it. I was like OK, clearly I am in a very white-dominated space,” Kellman said.”
‘I was about 21 ‘? An event so clearly etched into her mind and she does not definitely know how old she was? BS!
I live in a mountainous tourist trap area of hiking, snowmobiling 4 wheeling (trucks, SUVs, ATVs, SUTs), boating, fishing, hunting, etc.
In 7 years of snowmobiling, I recall seeing only one Black guy on a snowmobile.
You may see a rare Back hiker.
I think I recall one or two on ATVs a few years ago.
About 45 minutes away is the Old Stone House Museum, a four story dormitory built of huge granite blocks by the first Black college graduate in the USA, Alexander Twilight to house the students of his boarding school.
I've never seen a Black person there.
People would be pointing and whispering just due to the novelty of a Black showing up at any of these places and activities.
It probably wouldn't be racism, just surprise.
I wish more successful folks of all races and backgrounds would get out and see what the country has to offer.
Yep, that's what everyone thinks when they are wandering around out in the mountains surrounded by forests, mountains, and the beauty of nature.
This sounds like a constructed narrative by Kellman to support their project. In reality once you head out into the woods you are in a nature dominated space.
There is nothing wrong with encouraging everyone to enjoy the natural environment, but turning a walk in the woods into a critical race theory training session sounds like a good way to discourage anyone except liberal activists from enjoying their hike.