Posted on 01/29/2017 2:09:40 PM PST by Rufus Shinra
In the latest example of everyday industries being injected with social justice and race based politics, Outside Magazine has published an article in it's latest release lamenting that the outdoors industry has become "too White".
Outside Magazine is a publication, both online and offline, that focuses on health, fitness and outdoor activities, delivering its readers an education on the current trends or topics in those fields. The publication typically releases articles with headlines such as "Fit and Healthy Now", "How Not to Organize Your Gear Shed" or "Want to Run Fast? Listen to Your Gut", all of which are informative and educational for fitness buffs or the adventurous types.
That's why the magazine's recent release titled "The Outdoor Industry Has Too Many White Dudes" tends to stand outs among its fellow articles offering travel or health advice to its readers.
It doesn't help when the article starts out by informing the reader that the outdoors industry has a "diversity problem".
The outdoor world has a diversity problem. Few places is this fact more evident than at the biannual industry trade show Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City. Almost everybody on the floor looked like me—a white dude from Oregon—right down to the flannel shirt and trucker cap.This isn't just an isolated topic in a random magazine either, as many other large publications have published similar articles with titles such as "Why Can't Silicon Valley Solve Its Diversity Problem", "Calling Out Fashion's Major Diversity Problem", "Asset Managers Confront Ethnic Diversity Problem" and many more.
In fact, it appears almost every mainstream publication has insinuated that all industries in America have a "diversity problem", and the brightest business leaders in the country are all putting their heads together trying to solve it. According to Gallup Polling, most Americans tend to overestimate the percentage of the country that falls into the classification of a minority, as in reality only 12.3% of citizens are Black while Hispanics account for only 12.5%.
Often times when politicians or business leaders say we have a "diversity issue", that phrase could also be translated into having a "too many White people" problem, which is yet another example of the mainstream media constantly dividing the population along racial lines.
Why is it there are never any complaints about countries in South America, Africa or Asia not having enough diversity, as there are a much lower percentage of caucasians when compared to other races there, and this diversity movement seems exclusively centered on Western nations where Whites make up the majority?
To be fair, the article did focus on several CEOs in the Outdoors industry that are trying to target minorities more in their marketing efforts, but the fact that the story essentially complains about there being "too many White dudes" in any industry is the very definition of judging a person based on their skin color, also known as "racism".
The Democrats would like to say that President Trump achieving such high support among White voters was due to some sort of "inherent racism", yet with Whites constantly being maligned by the press, media and entertainment industries is it any wonder they flocked to a candidate who wasn't trying to tell them all how racist they are?
Too often in today's culture an emphasis is placed on ones skin color, rather than their merits, personality or achievements. Color comes first for the extreme left, and they wear that focus as a badge of honor, constantly using it to "virtue signal" to others in attempts to prove their believed moral superiority. In fact, they are only espousing a racist mentality, as they should be considering people as human beings first, all part of the same world and same species regardless of the color of their skin.
Good luck trying to explain that one to your liberal friends or co-workers though.
Sort of “ Forced March?”
I need a nap .
The Minister of Diversity needs to give vouchers to blacks to visit national parks.
“If they don’t, they sure made a bad choice moving to Georgia, or, the south—
Do you really think the South is the only place with woods?
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It’s good for them. Like midnight basketball.
You know what bugs me about this? Whites forcing blacks to cultural appropriation.
For diversity! We can’t let their preferences divide us.
DANGIT! Kindly ignore the second perhaps. It appears the “Department of Redundancy Department” is working overtime today
OMG...where did I say THAT?
I see the point went right over your head.
Sheeeeeeesh.
How about some “diversity” on the basketball court, or is that not politically correct?
First they infiltrated our schools and colleges with this nonsense.
Now, every media outlet feels affirmed to push this leftist agenda tripe.
Well just keep your eyes open, before long a lot of former refugees are gonna be campin’ out in their own countries. Send over some North Face and have ‘em pose for pictures.
The NBA has too many black dudes and needs more diversity.
Air conditioned Caddies might make the migration easier.
And Basketball and Football have a disproportionate number of Black dudes - let’s call it even....
Not just woods and trees, I’ve seen a black friend run screaming from a duck and a squirrel (not at the same time).
It’s not just the forest, you never see a black person at a museum (unless it’s dedicated to MLK or the “African-American experience) or a Civil War battlefield.
They do seem to like the beach though.
Our neighbor (Black) would rather work on his car then go fishing with us.
Are we suppose to haul him out there by his hair?
If we do then he probably won't fix the car for us again.
Google “basketball magazines” and check images. How many white faces are on the covers? Do the same on “hockey magazines” and notice the difference.
Is the problem that the outdoor industry is overly-represented by white men, or that the industry is failing in its marketing to non-whites? Surely they realize that certain pastimes and activities can be tied to a culture, and they might not appeal to that many people outside that culture. That doesn’t mean that it can’t change, but it also doesn’t mean that there is a problem.
The National Park Service claims it has a problem with non-whites not being interested in visiting their sites. (Actually the numbers of white vs minority visitors pretty much matches up with how those groups are represented in the population.) Is anyone keeping minorities away? I take it they are just interested in doing other things. I visited the Pullman National Monument in a black neighborhood in Chicago, and saw only white visitors while I was there.
Why not just set aside the best outdoor lands for our minorities? It is just not fair white people should be enjoying themselves so much!
Why not just set aside the best outdoor lands for our minorities? It is just not fair white people should be enjoying themselves so much!
Same agenda in a backpacking magazine I bought - they had to insert that angle into every single column and article.
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