“For many, the wilderness, historically, is dangerous territory. Escaped slaves passed through forests full of danger, much of it posed by other people. Mexican and Japanese immigrants and African American sharecroppers worked to exhaustion in the fields. These brutal histories may help explain why some groups might not be drawn to the idea of spending time — let alone sleeping — outdoors.”
Yeah, a lot of Japanese immigrants and African American sharecroppers were worked to exhaustion in mountain meadows, vast forests of pines, and/or the Sonoran Desert!
Why, Half Dome Rock isn’t natural! It was built by slave labor! And the Grand Canyon? Dug by Japanese immigrants!
How can we whites not appreciate the oppression of Yosemite, the Grand Canyon or Glacier National Park? After all...glaciers are WHITE! We have a national park dedicated to whiteness! How oppressive is that?!
Thanks a lot, now I'm on a white guilt trip! :-)