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Carolyn Finney
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“Wealthy white suburbs continued the trend of actively excluding black families in implicit and explicit ways, sometimes by using existing natural landmarks. Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., the largest urban park in the National Park system separates Chevy Chase, a wealthy white enclave “from the increasingly black neighborhoods” proliferating on the nearby landscape of Maryland (Loewen 2005, 124).”
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
“A tree in the woods can signify shade and spiritual oneness, and the end of a life so brutally taken.”
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
“Mistrust of outsiders often causes rejection of those African Americans who are seen as “gatekeepers.” This includes people who work for organizations or institutions not considered “grassroots” who come into a community where they are not members. They may be seen as representatives of those in power as opposed to potential work mates/collaborators.”
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
― Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
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