Student op-ed: Outdoor clubs are too white

Campus Reform ^ | Nov 16, 2017 | Patricio Aguilar and Elliot Dordick

[Michael.SF.]

Just call all out door basketball pick up games a club: problem solved.

you’re welcome

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...outdoor programs are well-funded, “predominantly white spaces” that deny people of color “access to the outdoors.”

I hike a lot in the SF Bay Area. Every single one of our trails has stationed an armed guard at the trailhead who turns back all non-white people. It is shocking how long this has been going on. Truly shocking!

[2ndDivisionVet]

I remember when these were considered possibly “better” than the Ivy League.

[Bookshelf]

Checking this kid out, he is a whiner. Five will get you ten he grew up without a father. Or, if he had a father, the male parent must have been a first class wuss in order to have birthed this brat.

[HiTech RedNeck]

We need to start recruiting more black rednecks

[bk1000]

College freshman. 18yo idiot.

[vpintheak]

So, “people of color” need to get their behinds outdoors. Problem solved.

[reg45]

So! We should all get used to living in urban hives.

[DoughtyOne]

On first blush, it does sound shocking.

What caused this to start?

What’s the crime level on these trails now?

What was it before this restriction?

[Zeneta]

last year a speedo hike organized by the On the Loose outdoors club of the Claremont Colleges was cancelled over concerns of “body image” and “bro-iness.”

These people are completely NUTS !!!!

[redgolum]

They exist.

Grew up with a few.

Those that went to college had to chose between being a redneck or being “black”. Most chose the latter.

A few chose the former.

[Beagle8U]

There is plenty of room for this skittish POC in woods and swamps of Alabama. Come on down!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Shameless promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66P1mCVGio

[sphinx]

Would it help if white students put on blackface before going canoeing?

Yes, there is a noticeable black/white cultural difference when it comes to the great outdoors. This has been discussed for years with regard to the national parks. Black attendance lags badly compared to overall population statistics. People tend to get the national park habit because they were taken to the parks by their parents and grew up thinking it was a natural and fun thing to do. One can understand all the historical reasons why black families were late to this particular game. But the door is open. Stop complaining and just go. Does it really take a government grant and a social worker to hold them by the hand to get a black family to Yellowstone?

Of course, a 70 percent illegitimacy rate will tend to depress things like park attendance as well.

[Billthedrill]

Young minds filled with mush. At what point, exactly, did walking through the woods with a pack become imperialism?

[dowcaet]

I went to Yosemite and Bryce Canyon last year and don’t recall seeing any signs saying NO COLORED PEOPLE ALLOWED HERE at either park.

[Blue Jays]

"...not enough people of color outside..."

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He is being completely ridiculous.
Snow Bros are out skiing the slopes every winter.

[marktwain]

At what point, exactly, did walking through the woods with a pack become imperialism?

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The same time that being born white made people racist.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

All you need to go hiking is some good shoes. I wonder where these aspiring outdoorsy minorities could find themselves some good hiking kicks?