And despite that, I’ve thumbed through Backpacker Magazine a few times and they twist themselves in knots trying to be diverse and PC. It’s over the top.
Same thing about those who complain blacks are underrepresented at National Parks - who’s keeping them out??
We visit National parks over and over. Fairly recently we visited the new to us Mesa Verde NP visitors center in Colorado. There were almost no black people. As I recall, there was one black family. It was not peak tourist season but the place was covered up with visitors.
There were tons of Asians.......literally busloads. : )
What’s interesting culturally is that the NPS has gone to great lengths, in some instances overboard, to provide areas and exhibits in the NPS museums and visitor centers specifically to illustrate the black cultural aspects of the park or monument. I have observed carefully and there very few black people present any where much less the special exhibits.
Last year we visited several parks and museums in Virginia. The current vogue in Virginia is to illustrate enslavement. The word slavery is for some reason never mentioned. The black presence is primarily students visiting with their school group.
Plug For America.....
I recommend that couples purchase a National Park Pass Port Book. When you visit a park or monument or museum or battlefield administered by the NPS, you get a stamp with the date. After a while, getting a stamp becomes motive for driving 50 miles out of your way to visit a park or monument.
The pass port stamp assures you have made an effort to learn something about America.
With a Golden Eagle pass, you can visit all parks and monuments free.