Part IV: Climbing Demographics and Inclusion
What are the stats on how many Black women, trans, and non-binary people are actually in the climbing community? According to the American Alpine Club 2019 State of Climbing Report, 41% of all climbers surveyed are female and 1% of all climbers surveyed are African American.28 1% surveyed preferred not to answer the gender question of female, male, or prefer not to answer. There are no statistics on trans and non-binary which also speaks to an entirely different problem and it’s not good enough for the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
With such a low statistic for African American females we can see who obviously sets the standard for the climbing community: white males overpower at 85% white and 72% male. Next in line as most numerous are white females: 85% white and 27% female. Where can a filmmaker find African Americans to collaborate with on a Hip Hop film that showcases climbing?…
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17 Dec 2020
Author: Crystal Rose H.
Cited Sources:
28. American Alpine Club. “State of Climbing Report, 2019” https://aac-publications.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/State_of_Climbing_Report_2019_Web.pdf 3 May 2020
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