There's a reason, especially as some horses get freaked out by riders on bikes. Horses in general need to be treated with respect as they all can have different reactions to strangers.
Posted on 12/31/2020 12:00:35 PM PST by SJackson
Indeed it is. Along with punctuality, deferred gratification, politeness, math, hard science, and hard facts to name a few other ways of "acting white".
Yeah, there was video. The entire “hike” was filmed, both by cameramen and drones, for a TV show. According to the article, footage of “the confrontation” was omitted from the final cut. Perhaps it didn’t fit the narrative, or revealed the incident had been exaggerated. If you’ve ever been around a group of black women, you know they can be noisy while enjoying themselves. Can you imagine 70 or 80 of them, accompanied by cameramen and drones, stretched out along a hiking trail?
There's a reason, especially as some horses get freaked out by riders on bikes. Horses in general need to be treated with respect as they all can have different reactions to strangers.
The leader claims to have hiking experience, but she doesn't seem to know the written and unwritten rules of the trail.
My experience is I have rarely encountered groups of more than 15 on a trail. They really should have checked in with the Park HQ to announce themselves and ask about any rules for a group that large.
“trekked peacefully across the craggy terrain in the crisp mountain air”
If “trekking peacefully” is anything like “peacefully protesting”, then I feel bad for the park rangers.
Plus they are MUCH bigger than I am. I always yield to horses on a trail.
Because 70 unruly people of any sex or color who are creating a commotion is a mob.
2021 headline: “Group of black youths looting and burning as part of BLM protests find support, and racism”
[[If it was a group of 70 white women breaking the rules]]
They would have been thrown into the recently vacated cells that formerly held rapists, murderers, criminals of all stripes, who were let go early because of covid
ok well maybe not- but there is a HUGE discrepancy in law enforcement imposed on citizens by rogue enemies of the nation posing as governors and mayors
Another sad story of our societies breakdown. Black woman have to form sperate and segregated groups of just themselves to go hiking?
Why not just go hiking with others who like to hike? Black woman, white women, Indian woman?
This is the death of our culture. Everything is us against them.
We used to be Americans with common cultural things and goals. Now we are all tribes pitted against each other.
Oh well, the next big war that the Democrats start will bring us all back together.
You don’t get 70 people hiking in a group in the wilderness being followed by drones. People do not normally hike in a group of 70. And, even if they do, they do not normally have attitudes.
Seems like these hikers, or at least a couple of these hikers, were seeking confrontations.
Don't worry, racist America! As soon as Kamala is inaugurated on January 20, 2021 (oh and biden too), all the racism magically disappears! POOF! Gone. Even "Hiking ... Racism" will magically disappear! It's a Festivus Miracle!
The proven rules for determining in which years "systemic racism" and "institutional racism" will constantly occur 24/7 are very simple:
It's that simple.
P.S. Leap Years happen to be U.S. Presidential Election Years. What an amazing coincidence!
70 people, regardless of color, is a huge group and the impact to the trail and park should have been considered. Breaking the group up into smaller, less impactful groups with experienced leaders should have been planned in advance.
I guess those of us who aren't black were born with $200 hiking boots on our feet, and all our packs, tents, sleeping bags, water filters, camp stoves, first aid kits, navigation and communication equipment was just free.
Every conflict is now a racial conflict according to NPR.
My group of 10 Christian white singles was hiking on a trail and we were questioned by rangers. It was Northern California and the rangers were looking for weed farmers. (back in the day)
Of course they experience racism. It’s from them because the are a black only group.
Probably doing like they and their male counterparts do in malls: walk 3 & 4 wide and take up the whole damn path.
Horses have right of way in Colorado even on the roads
I live near a large wildnerness area with lots of rules that are in place to protect the flora and fauna from harm; and have regularly seen white people scolded by rangers for breaking the rules. But when black people get chided for breaking rules, it’s racism.
Any type of people who are not paying attention to the environment might spook the horses. Tthe author indicates they were not quietly birdwatching or sketching the plant species, but discussing hair care, chatting back and forth on a trail while being followed by a drone camera, which would be up closer to the horse’s eye and ear level. If the group was speaking at the volume many of us have come to expect in public places such as restaurants, it would alarm any small animals in the area as well.
None of these behaviors are necessarily because of skin color; but if a white person objects to a disruptive behavior, including that which risks a horse suddenly rearing or breaking into a gallop that would throw a rider off onto a rocky trail or into brambles, well, it’s racism.
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