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Today, the park system mostly caters to the people who can afford a major road trip, and they are overwhelmingly white. One survey found that 78% of park visitors were non-Hispanic whites. That’s a problem for the Park Service, because the country’s demographics have shifted radically since it was established. The United States is an urban country, with 80% of us living in cities, and its white majority will soon be history.

I have no problem with the Park Service increasing its roles of historic and natural preservation in urban areas. What I DO have a problem with is calling 78% of your patrons a "problem."

Speaking of mission creep, looks like they could solve this problem of the unaffordability of road trips for urban blacks (who are not yearning to visit national parks, but the current govt just can’t accept that as a fact) by just giving them free RVs and gas cards with our tax money, no?
What could go wrong?