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I've a middle aged white woman and I've rarely been to a National Park either. I've lived a few hours from Yosemite my whole life and never been. I'm just more of an indoorsy person than an outdoorsy person. My family wasn't into camping or hiking or looking at trees so growing up I never developed a taste for it. That's the bottom line no matter what color you are.
Many cultures do not associate roughing it with vacation. And actually paying to "rough it" is an even stranger concept. I'm from a culture like that and am not African American. I am however doing the Inca Trail in a few weeks ie paying to rough it....but I'm assuming the stunning Andes scenery would make up for the roughing it aspect. Ideally I would have done the trail and stayed in a luxury lodge somewhere along the way but finances don't permit.
Many cultures do not associate roughing it with vacation. And actually paying to "rough it" is an even stranger concept. I'm from a culture like that and am not African American. I am however doing the Inca Trail in a few weeks ie paying to rough it....but I'm assuming the stunning Andes scenery would make up for the roughing it aspect. Ideally I would have done the trail and stayed in a luxury lodge somewhere along the way but finances don't permit.
I always said my idea of "roughing it" was a Motel 6.
Many cultures do not associate roughing it with vacation. And actually paying to "rough it" is an even stranger concept. I'm from a culture like that and am not African American. I am however doing the Inca Trail in a few weeks ie paying to rough it....but I'm assuming the stunning Andes scenery would make up for the roughing it aspect. Ideally I would have done the trail and stayed in a luxury lodge somewhere along the way but finances don't permit.
What the hell are you talking about? What the hell does culture have to do with not being interested wanting to know the country you live in? I would call it a very "ignorant" culture!
I have been to many National Parks and most of the time you can see some of the most amazing landscapes, animals and incredible beauty from the comfort of your air conditioned SUV.
Where do people get this idea that if they go to a NP, they will be in the middle of some wilderness like going on an African Safari?
I went to Badlands NP a couple weeks ago and just the experience of seeing buffalo in the wild is priceless! I also ended up seeing mountain goats for the first time and had an encounter with a herd of pronghorn antilopes, all these moments at least to me, were PRICELESS!
Everytime I go to a National Park, I feel like I am driving through a movie set because these places are so surreal and so incredibly beautiful!
What the hell are you talking about? I have been to many National Parks and most of the time you can see some of the most amazing landscapes, animals and incredible beauty from the comfort of your air conditioned SUV.
Where do people get this idea that if they go to a NP, they will be in the middle of some wilderness like going on an African Safari?
I went to Badlands NP a couple weeks ago and just the experience of seeing buffalo in the wild is priceless! I also ended up seeing mountain goats for the first time and had an encounter with a herd of pronghorn antilopes, all these moments at least to me, were PRICELESS!
Everytime I go to a National Park, I feel like I am driving through a movie set because these places are so surreal and so incredibly beautiful!
You continue to show why you're not in my league. You should give up while you can still save face.
You couldn't answer the NCO question because the logic of it went over your head. If you say that all black EM's are slackers, but not NCO's when black NCO's come from the ranks of black EM's, then you're toast. You're backed into a cement corner from which there is no escape.
And even the Africa question, which i broke down in a simple fashion, went over your head. How did i overlook the parts of Africa where blacks aren't native to when i said "the part where black people ARE!" I mean, you can't fathom that? Not to mention that if you completed 7th grade, you'd know that African Americans are by and large descendants of West Africans. And West Africa has a host of countries.
That's like me going up to an Irish American and asking them what county of Ireland did they come from, and then ask them to give me the particular street address of the home of their ancestors. You'd have to be BIG TIME obtuse to even ask such a stupid ass question.
Lastly, you continuously offer up your views on black culture, yet get angry just because i won't bite. It's simple...i don't give a damn about what you think. I mean, if you don't like black culture, what can you do about it but complain bitterly on websites? Makes you look like a lunatic. Calm down and compose yourself dude.
In any case....moving on.
There is no way this guy can save face. With his ridiculously bias observations of black culture, racist rants and dodging of all legitimate questions I don’t see that happening. It’s pretty funny how most these types of people who are self declared experts on black cultures and experiences couldn’t tell their own ass from a hole in the ground.
With his statements I’m pretty sure he probably didn’t even bother to congregate with any black person in his unit.
There is no way this guy can save face. With his ridiculously bias observations of black culture, racist rants and dodging of all legitimate questions I don’t see that happening. It’s pretty funny how most these types of people who are self declared experts on black cultures and experiences couldn’t tell their own ass from a hole in the ground.
With his statements I’m pretty sure he probably didn’t even bother to congregate with any black person in his unit.
That's IF he actually served.
But i already aired that dude out....he couldn't take the heat any longer.
These racist types....i swear, thank God for the internet because before it came into existence, you'd never believe that people harbor such hatred.
As a Black person, I really have no interest in taking a vacation to a national park-and I am an outdoor person-I cycle, hike, run, play lawn tennis etc. When it comes time for vacation, we usually head to the Caribbean. I do visit our local parks quite often though. Maybe someday I will -I lived in NYC for 20 years and never visited the Statue of Liberty-just never wanted to.
What the hell are you talking about? What the hell does culture have to do with not being interested wanting to know the country you live in? I would call it a very "ignorant" culture!
I have been to many National Parks and most of the time you can see some of the most amazing landscapes, animals and incredible beauty from the comfort of your air conditioned SUV.
Where do people get this idea that if they go to a NP, they will be in the middle of some wilderness like going on an African Safari?
I went to Badlands NP a couple weeks ago and just the experience of seeing buffalo in the wild is priceless! I also ended up seeing mountain goats for the first time and had an encounter with a herd of pronghorn antilopes, all these moments at least to me, were PRICELESS!
Everytime I go to a National Park, I feel like I am driving through a movie set because these places are so surreal and so incredibly beautiful!
Some cultures have no interest in nature and find cultures that do puzzling. Deal with it. If you see it as ignorant so be it. There's tons of things I also find ignorant about white American culture.
Some cultures have no interest in nature and find cultures that do puzzling. Deal with it. If you see it as ignorant so be it. There's tons of things I also find ignorant about white American culture.
What kind of ignorant, stupid culture would put no emphasis on expanding horizons, widening your worldview and most importantly, getting to know the surroundings and country we live in?
Usually, when I go to a National Park, I see people from Japan, China and Europe, people who traveled thousands of miles to see places like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, or Denali NP.
I think any culture or person who has an ounce of intelligence would be naturally inclined to want to investigate and better know the country and surroundings they live in. No?
What do you guys do? Stay in the same ethnic ghetto for your entire lives and never venture out because you do not feel comfortable around a non-ethnic environment? I can't believe some of the stuff I am reading here. Pathetic!
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