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title: Black History Month - Some Resources
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# Black History Month - Some Resources

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Our hope is that the outdoors and climbing gyms serve as our safe spaces for everyone. However, “African-American experiences are far more complex than the contemporary narrative suggests, having been shaped by institutions of slavery, segregation and scientific racism. That combined impact has presented outdoor public areas as contested and often, violent social spaces" (Goodrid, 2018, p. 30). So, one step we are taking is to continue to learn about systemic impacts through black narratives and perspectives so we can better acknowledge past injustices and stop or intervene in future ones.

Below are two articles that explore the racial complexities of outdoor space. It is up to all of us to actively create inclusive spaces for everyone in order for traumas to be eradicated with time and educational efforts from, and to, every side of the story.

- [Racial Complexities of Outdoor Spaces: An Analysis of African American's Lived Experiences in Outdoor Recreation](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4120&context=uop_etds)
- [Black Faces, Black Spaces: Rethinking African American Underrepresentation in Wildland Spaces and Outdoor Recreation  ](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2514848618817480)

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