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Listen on Spotify Part III: I’m Certain that I’m Weathered    “How to ensure a space will have equity and inclusion…? The key is education…People of color can hate white supremacy and still be anti-black and/or anti-indigenous. Entering a space especially for POC does not magically make that person anti anything, it takes work and itContinueContinue reading “Hidden Figures in POC Spaces”

Listen on Spotify Part II: We Don’t All Fly    That’s right: individuals on the Climbers of Color Board had voted no, effectively blocking me from becoming a board member in the very organization I had helped to build over the last 5 years. One person voted no and another one abstained from voting (in solidarityContinueContinue reading “Hidden Figures in POC Spaces”

Listen on Spotify “…I thought this day would never come I’ve seen plenty rain but never sun And whether or not you seek it on the surface ain’t nobody perfect and I’m certain that I’m weathered from The kind of storms that daddy couldn’t warn you of The kind that poems could never capture theContinueContinue reading “Hidden Figures in POC Spaces”

“Now I’m so in mode to just emote until my throat is hoarse ‘Cause they wouldn’t recognize a trailblazer until the road is torched So if you follow me, beware, my accounts are probably jaded. Maybe a characteristic of the underappreciated…” -Sa-Roc1    Occasionally events happen that cut so deep emotionally one wonders where it stemsContinueContinue reading “Deep in the Bones: An Issue of Plagiarism”

This article available as a podcast here “Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned everywhere is war” -War by Bob Marley1    A guide: a person who has the necessary skills to teach people an outdoor discipline or lead an outdoor experience. When that wordContinueContinue reading “Scope of Understanding”

This article available as a podcast here Part VIII: Policy, You Nasty P    White culture and dominance is still prevalent in US society as well as elsewhere: and it is enforced by policy. But how, exactly, has hair entered into policy of the US? We touched on it earlier when talking about race based discriminationContinueContinue reading “Black Hair and Climbing Part VIII”

This article available as a podcast here Part VII: Perception    I have talked a lot about white presenting and Black presenting through facial features, hair texture, skin color, etc. How we are seen in the world is how we are able to move through it experiencing oppression or privilege. Presenting to the world as aContinueContinue reading “Black Hair and Climbing Part VII”

This article available as a podcast here Part VI: Jaylynn Ayanna    I sat down and had a chat with a Seattle local youth climbing competitor: Jaylynn Ayanna (she/they). Jaylynn is 18 years old who is a Black person and I wanted to get their point of view having been competing in local competitions for theContinueContinue reading “Black Hair and Climbing Part VI”

This article available as a podcast here Part V: Perspective    In order to more fully understand what sort of environment Evangelina Briggs and their family has been steeped in, let’s take a look at where they are from.    The Briggs family lives near a small town called Milton, Canada around the vicinity of the largerContinueContinue reading “Black Hair and Climbing Part V”

This article available as a podcast here Part IV: Is It Privilege?    In competitive sports we have also often seen two cornrows or ‘french braids’ on the heads of female athletes such as Brooke Raboutou. Is it appropriation?    To answer this question, I am going to put myself up as an example. As a personContinueContinue reading “Black Hair and Climbing Part IV”