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Additionally,
offering assistance or
celebrating Black participants, either
symbolicly or superficially, because
of their race and not from a genuine
place, tokenizes them.
Black people may turn away from
activities wherein they do not see
other Black participants. The lack of
representation and community hinders
their ability to fully engage and
feel comfortable exploring and learning.
The growing number of affinity
groups, like Soul Trak Outdoors,
Black Outside Black and Girls Trekkin,
provide a community wherein
Black participants can engage in outdoor
adventure recreation with other
people who they closely identify
with. By building community, Black
participants can feel a sense of safety
and connectedness to an activity or
facility, and will be more inclined to
continue to utilize the service and introduce
it to others.
Ensuring Safety
Physical
and
emotional
safety,
whether realized or perceived, is
another obstacle for Black participation.
Black participants can be made
to feel unsafe in our spaces by being
followed or questioned; seeing visual
cues, like a confederate flag; or
through outright racist acts, like racial
slurs and cultural insensitivity. This
lack of safety creates tension, hesitancy
and suspicion. Participants who
can feel comfortable and confident to
be themselves have a greater opportunity
to discover new experiences.
The concept of recreating while
Black underscores that the opportunities
and experiences of Black people
engaged in leisure time activities
can be drastically different from that
of white people simply because of
race. As we campaign and inspire
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vantage of the essential services and
facilities we provide, we also must
consider why access does not always
translate to utilization. Welcoming
new participants can begin to influence
a sense of belonging and thereby
nurture a new lifelong user.
Chamreece Diggs, MBA, CPRP, is Facilities Coordinator at City
of Greensboro Parks and Recreation (chamreece.diggs@
greensboro-nc.gov).
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