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Cause the park system wants as much participation as possible - and if a segment of society is not taking advantage of these parks . . . then the thought is - do we need to market to them differently so they will see national parks as a viable vacation option? AND SPEND THEIR MONEY ON NATIONAL PARKS admissions and fees.
More participation, more $$$$ to offset operational costs. Plain and simple.
I've never paid an admission fee to go into a National Park. I also can not recall seeing any marketing geared at driving me to go to a park. The ones I have been to have been mostly school field trips and then me taking action on my own by taking my son because I wanted him to experience them.
It is actually a question of PC -- it is not universally accepted among the English-speaking world that "colored" is offensive, nor is it exactly an objective fact that "colored" is offensive. It's a cultural affectation and to call someone a bigot who is not aware of its taboo status in this particular corner of the English-speaking world and has no particular reason to be aware of it is unfair and classless.
Yip. Where I live (country in the Caribbean ) the term used to describe black people is negro. Some people actually will get offended if you call them black as they believe this is insulting since their skin is not black in colour. Yea the Caribbean is rife with colour hangups..
Mostly his fear, the real issue is a cultural issue. Parks and sight seeing is more a family thing and black folks usually amount the younger generation aren't really family oriented.
Also income plays a large part, most of us are paying big moneyto stay out of the ghetto so that usually leaves nothing left to even take a vacation.
And the parks just isn't cool to the youth,they take a vacation and end up in a island with well built men with six pack abs not sight seeing and looking at bears and lions.
This article is just race baiting and I'm black.
Black people are paying big money to stay out of the ghetto?
I have black neighbors two doors down. My neighborhood is not the ghetto. Are they paying more than me to live there?
I don't think so. But the situation is a bit different, they feel like outsiders because of their language and religion. They probably think it is uncool and too German...
But to kids being a scout is sometimes the event that makes them become interested in nature for the first time. They roam through the woods, sleep in tents, and what not.
I don't think so. But the situation is a bit different, they feel like outsiders because of their language and religion. They probably think it is uncool...
But to kids being a scout is sometimes the event that makes them become interested in nature for the first time. They roam through the woods, sleep in tents, and what not.
Interesting. Thank you. I was never a scout either. It was practically nonexistent in my area.
If it helps, I saw two black Scouts a couple of weeks ago.
1 Great Smoky Mountains NP 9,289,215 2 Grand Canyon NP 4,279,439 3 Yosemite NP 3,242,644 4 Yellowstone NP 2,870,295 5 Olympic NP 2,749,197 6 Rocky Mountain NP 2,743,676 7 Zion NP 2,567,350
8 Cuyahoga Valley NP 2,468,816 9 Grand Teton NP 2,406,476
10 Acadia NP 2,083,588
Of what's listed in your link, it looks like there are many more many visitors to the national parks out west.
Look at the first list shown there (Top 10 Most Visited NPS Units ) and then get back to me.
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