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Hiking has a diversity problem?

Mar 19, 2021 Miguel.GFZ 11 comments

As seen over Clayton Cramer’s

Longtime oppression and historical barriers have kept many people of color from feeling comfortable in the American outdoors. Now that may be changing. Groups in Southern California and around the nation have made it their goal to introduce people of color to nature in a positive way. Their mission is to remove barriers and help people experience the connection, whether they are seeking fitness, healing, personal accomplishment or knowledge about all the outdoors has to offer. For many, the first step is going on a hike. Here are groups working toward a more diverse outdoors.

Latino Outdoors: Christian La Mont, program manager of Latino Outdoors, a national organization with a Los Angeles chapter, calls the process of removing barriers “the hike before the hike.” The idea is that people of color see themselves represented on the trail.

Hiking has a diversity problem. These BIPOC groups are working to fix it

I had to laugh when I read this, specially the “historical barriers” part. Latinos by far avoid “hitting the trail” and “hiking” because for many it represents the abject poverty of people living in places so crappy or remote, they cannot move around unless it is in a path carved by centuries of foot traffic.  In the Colombia-Venezuela frontier, the “trochas” (trails) are the domain of the human and drug smugglers and you transit those at the risk of your own life because usually there will be bullets flying from both sides of the law.

And then there is the question of the government-owned parks as opposed to the idea here of National Parks. Again, it is government-owned parks and governments, specially in South America do not like you to go traipsing around their property without the proper permits which are hard to obtain. I was an avid backpacker in my early 20s and I enjoyed to walk the spur of the Andes that ended in Venezuela, but I had to get a permit, report myself with the National Guard before hiking  and obligated to stay to certain areas under penalty of arrest if I deviated. And the permit could only be obtained at one office in Caracas in person for the whole country,  so you can imagine how many were issued. Hell, I surprised more cops and National Guard with the fact that I actually had a permit and they saw me suspiciously as some sort of high government official undercover. And yes, I fully took advantage of that.

The National Park system as you find here in the US is something we are surprised and amazed to see because it simply does not exists where we come from.  And yes, Latinos would do great by hiking the many available paths at our disposal so we can get rid of the extra calories brought by out cuisine. But to hide a cultural trait behind a fake cloak of racism is political dishonesty (OK, I know it is redundant, let it be), I would bet this guy call himself Latinx rather than Latino.

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Is this payback for becoming a Crimson Red State?

Mar 19, 2021 Miguel.GFZ 9 comments

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken heat over his COVID-19 vaccine roll out by Florida Democrats because they believe that he has not done enough to vaccinate all Floridians, even though vaccines being distributed by the federal government have been slow to arrive. But now Gov. DeSantis is warning that the supply of vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson has dried up, and there will not be any vaccines being shipped to Florida for several weeks, possibly even longer. Yet the Biden administration is sending vaccines to Mexico.

“We’re projecting NO increase in the vaccine for Pfizer or Moderna for the next two or three weeks under the projected allotments right now,” said DeSantis. “We thought by the time we get into April the flood gates would open. As of right now, we are projected to get NO additional Johnson & Johnson for the foreseeable near future.”

DeSantis says Florida Will Stop Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines

Wait, what? Are you serious?

The United States plans to send millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada, the White House said Thursday, a notable step into vaccine diplomacy just as the Biden administration is quietly pressing Mexico to curb the stream of migrants coming to the border.

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the United States was planning to share 2.5 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and 1.5 million with Canada, adding that it was “not finalized yet, but that is our aim.”

U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada

Charity begins at home or so the saying goes.  The revelation that Mexico is more home than South Florida or anywhere else in the US for this administration should be an eye opener for those who were part of the rising of the House of Harris.

But they won’t. They rather die with a ventilator down their throats tan admit they were duped and have no problem letting us die anyway..

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Florida under DeSantis is a true national tragedy!

Mar 18, 2021 Miguel.GFZ 2 comments

Mostly for states having business abandoning them for our greener pastures.

I want to remind you all that Florida is a state where something called HURRICANES drop by every year. And yet, the business atmosphere in New York is so bad, they rathe face a possible natural disaster down here than the taxes and restrictions up there.

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Forbes apparently has never heard of Roof Koreans. Also, Progressives project their racism onto the gun community.

Mar 18, 2021 J. Kb 7 comments

From Forbes:

From the linked article:

Asian-Americans are buying guns to protect themselves amid a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, firearms merchants say.

“There are more Asians being introduced to firearms,” said Jimmy Gong, the owner of Jimmy’s Sport Shop in Mineola, New York. “Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves.”

No Asian-American gun culture you say?

 

Gong said that his gun sales have doubled during the pandemic, and about half of his business comes from Asian-Americans, who also buy lots of pepper spray.

Other gun stores around the country are seeing more Asian-American buyers. Danielle Jaymes, general manager of Poway Weapons & Gear in Poway, California, said there’s been a 20% increase in Asian-American first-time customers to her store over the last year, compared to the year before. She said they’re buying guns for self-protection.

By the way, to my fellow Jews, take a hint from the Asian community.  When people target you for hate crimes, get strapped.

From one gun store owner in Bellvue, Washington.

During the anti-Asian hate crime spree, Asian-Americans have become a more familiar sight in gun shops, as they mingle among the millions of Americans who are buying guns for the first time.

“We have a lot of Asian-American customers buying guns,” said Jerry Hwang, a salesman at Wade’s Eastside Guns in Bellevue, Washington. “They’re coming because of the pandemic and the riots, of people messing with stores and messing with people’s property.”

He said they’re buying semiautomatic pistols and rifles, which have proven popular in gun stores across the country as sales have surged to record heights during the pandemic.

“They’re buying basic Glocks and AR-15s, basically for self-defense,” he said.

From another gun store owner in Oregon, Ohio.

He said the first-time buyers often become serious gun owners who spend lots of time on the range with their newly-acquired Glock pistols and AR-15s.

“They’re trying to get proficient, which is telling me that there is an urgency,” he said.

Glocks, ARs, and lots of practice.

First-time Asian-American gun owners ain’t fucking around.

David Liu, owner of Arcadia Firearm & Safety in Arcadia, California, a majority Asian-American town, said that there was a flood of gun buyers early last year. Liu, a U.S. citizen who moved from Hong Kong in the 1980s, said that many of his buyers recognized the magnitude of the pandemic before the riots began. He said that in the last few weeks, his Asian-American gun buyers have started citing anti-Asian hate crimes as their motive for seeking self-protection.

Immigrate to America from Hong Kong, become a citizen, opens a gun store.

That’s so beautiful it brings a tear to my eye.

I am completely supportive of this.  So, as I can imagine, is about 99.99% of the law-abiding gun-owning community.

Come on in, the freedom’s fine.

However, there were some Progressive naysayers who couldn’t hide their racism against Asian-Americans wanting to protect themselves, so decded to let their racism out in the form of projection.

 

The Leftists don’t like the idea of minorities owning guns so protect onto the Right that hatred.

I think the NRA would be happy to have the new members.

My favorite reply and I think the one that sums it up the most is this one:

 

It seems like Coming 2 American and Ghostbusters: Afterlife won’t be the only sequels in 2021 in which the franchise started in my childhood.  Roof Koreans 2 is gonna be lit.

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