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Burning Man founder: 'Black folks don't like to camp as much as white folks'
theguardian.com ^ | 9/4/2015 | Steven W Thrasher

Posted on 09/06/2015 7:35:09 AM PDT by rktman

Burning Man founder Larry Harvey has countered criticism of the lack of racial diversity at the festival by saying that part of the reason there are so few black attendees (known as burners) is that “I don’t think black folks like to camp as much as white folks”.

In an interview with the Guardian, Harvey vowed that “we’re not going to set racial quotas”, defended the presence of rich Silicon Valley executives at the festival, and said he will personally go undercover this week to investigate the luxurious camps of ultra-wealthy tech bosses said by the New York Times to boast chefs, air conditioning and servants.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: camping; commune; madmax
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LOL! Judging by the huge number of luxury RV's that were prestaged in Reno last week before the kick off to the "event", I'd say there were some folks who didn't "suffer" to much discomfort on the playa. The big burn was last night so the burners will be headed back in to town staring today. The odor of patchouli oil, stale mj, BO and plenty of playa dust will fill the air. (Is the word 'servant' allowed to be used anymore? I thought it was akin to 'slave'.)
1 posted on 09/06/2015 7:35:10 AM PDT by rktman
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Maybe Black Folk don’t like old stinking hippies.


2 posted on 09/06/2015 7:39:28 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: rktman

Well, if they did enjoy it as much, wouldn’t they in equal numbers?


3 posted on 09/06/2015 7:40:06 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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“personally go undercover this week to investigate the luxurious camps of ultra-wealthy tech bosses said by the New York Times to”

Just let that sink in. Here folks. Read it again. Slowly

“personally go undercover this week to investigate the luxurious camps of ultra-wealthy tech bosses said by the New York Times to”


4 posted on 09/06/2015 7:40:21 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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Great day to stay home. Or at least off of the highways.


5 posted on 09/06/2015 7:41:33 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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Something tells me that the “criticism of diversity” is coming solely from

http://www.theguardian.com/profile/steven-w-thrasher

himself - ONLY!


6 posted on 09/06/2015 7:41:49 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Yep....I was about to say that the pickings are slim when you’re trying to jack up a bunch of old white hippies and younger wannabe’s


7 posted on 09/06/2015 7:43:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I’ve camped all over the West for the last forty five years. I’ve NEVER seen a black person camping. I have seen Chinese and Latino, but no blacks.

I did see a few black people in the national parks at Yellowstone a few years ago. Some worked at the concessions.


8 posted on 09/06/2015 7:45:44 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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It was almost freezing on theBR last night.

http://burningman.org/event/live-webcast/


9 posted on 09/06/2015 7:46:01 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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As I’ve gotten older I’ve found that I love my comfort while camping. However “camping” among thousands of others in a godforsaken desert is about the last thing I want to do.

Give me a quiet underpopulated campground with showers and I’ll be OK living in a tent for a week or two.


10 posted on 09/06/2015 7:47:29 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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Back in my younger days camping consisted of a beat up Boy Scout backpack, sleeping bag, and a tent. Food was as much pork and beans as I could carry.

Nowadays it’s renting a Class A and making sure I have the makings for a proper Manhattan.

L


11 posted on 09/06/2015 7:51:33 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

We only camp during the summer, when it’s guaranteed to be hot.


12 posted on 09/06/2015 7:52:20 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: rktman

Could be an ancient fear of lions?


13 posted on 09/06/2015 7:55:01 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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To: TexasCajun
Other then Jimi Hendricks, Richie Havens and Sly and the Family Stone, how many black people were at Woodstock?
14 posted on 09/06/2015 7:55:25 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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Burning man is a bacchanalia in the desert, provided and paid for by the “new-age” silicon valley types- so they can bang as many stoned out hippies as they can. Female AND Male hippies, hetero and non-hetero. A perv fest for solar power, mixed with pagan “Wicker Man” motif and dirt worship.

All managed and permitted and held on Bureau of Land Management overseen property.

At least the Rainbow Nation nudies don’t mince what they are about. Either way— fat stonies and dopers. Our Future!


15 posted on 09/06/2015 7:55:43 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: rktman

Old folks (myself included) do not like camping either. It brings on the misery. I would like to die in my own bed.


16 posted on 09/06/2015 7:57:06 AM PDT by quantumman
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Camping is play acting homelessness.

Most blacks are likely just happy being slightly above real homelessness.


17 posted on 09/06/2015 7:57:55 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Lurker

Got to have the bitters.


18 posted on 09/06/2015 8:00:24 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: TexasCajun

More important WTH is this important?


19 posted on 09/06/2015 8:01:51 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: quantumman
"I married a woman who loves camping, and I'm what you call indoorsy"
-Jim Gaffigan on camping (Youtube)
20 posted on 09/06/2015 8:01:58 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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