Stephen, this is not a fair comment. Connecting with nature requires a drive/values to do so (taught) and physical access (bought). E.g., city kids have to be physically schlepped a distance by car or bus to be anywhere near green. I am personally fortunate to have been raised to love and spend time outdoors by my family of farmers and hobby athletes and to have grown up in a place where yes - we just open the window for birdsong. Not everyone is so fortunate.
Indeed. In LA, there are all kinds of inner-city kids with no green space within walking distance--just concrete. TheyтАЩve never been to the beach. If theyтАЩre lucky, they go on a field trip now and then and get excited to be able to dig in the dirt for the first time in their lives.
Equitable access to the outdoors? Where do you find these imbeciles? Open a window, moron.
Wait until you read this: "тАЬIf we start connecting the dots,тАЭ Lee said, тАЬthe issue becomes excruciatingly clear that historical institutional racism has banished people of color from the great outdoors.тАЭ https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/us/national-parks-history-racism-wellness-cec/index.html
Stephen, this is not a fair comment. Connecting with nature requires a drive/values to do so (taught) and physical access (bought). E.g., city kids have to be physically schlepped a distance by car or bus to be anywhere near green. I am personally fortunate to have been raised to love and spend time outdoors by my family of farmers and hobby athletes and to have grown up in a place where yes - we just open the window for birdsong. Not everyone is so fortunate.
Indeed. In LA, there are all kinds of inner-city kids with no green space within walking distance--just concrete. TheyтАЩve never been to the beach. If theyтАЩre lucky, they go on a field trip now and then and get excited to be able to dig in the dirt for the first time in their lives.
Your point is not race-based. That is culture based. Plenty of black people grow up in areas that are in or around nature.