{"id":1988952,"date":"2023-08-02T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-trees-are-racist\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:37:21","slug":"my-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-trees-are-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-trees-are-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoyed my hike until I realized trees can be racist."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmy-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-trees-are-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988952&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><span>Image \u2063Credit<\/span>Photo\u2064 taken \u2063by author<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m\u2063 an enthusiastic outdoorsman\u200c and avid environmentalist.\u200b But even more\u200c so, I\u2019m a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-trees-are-racist\/\" title=\"Enjoyed my hike until I realized trees can be racist.\">die-hard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">social justice<\/a> warrior<\/a>. So it was with great interest that I clicked \u200con a \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/meet-black-outdoorsy-groups-reclaiming-joys-nature-rcna86934?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&#038;taid=64c07e3963691100014757f1&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a> to NBC News last week about \u201cBlack outdoorsy \u200dgroups reclaiming \u2062the joys\u200c of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First,\u2064 I want to make sure to check my privilege at the outset of this article. White people \u2064are not allowed to write\u200b about racism \u200cunless they first \u2063acknowledge their own \u2063status of inferiority under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-hike-was-great-until-i-remembered-that-trees-are-racist\/\" title=\"Enjoyed my hike until I recalled trees' racial bias.\">modern hierarchal complex<\/a> of social justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack people\u200d across the country are reclaiming the outdoors by forming\u2063 their own communities \u200cof nature enthusiasts,\u201d NBC News reported. Several segregated organizations have now \u2063formed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-push-back-on-the-rainbow-mafias-unmistakable-intolerance\/\" title=\"Parents resist the Rainbow Mafia's clear intolerance.\">providing \u201csafe spaces<\/a> for Black people\u2062 to enjoy outdoor activities \u200band dispel myths that \u2062the outdoors doesn\u2019t belong to \u200bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s no coincidence that Yellowstone,\u2064 the first\u2063 national \u200cpark in the U.S., \u200dwas established\u2064 shortly\u200d after the \u200bCivil War. \u2064As industrialization and westward expansion continued, white elites supported the proliferation of national parks in\u2064 response to urban expansion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To be honest, I had forgotten \u200bthat\u200d trees\u2064 were racist. I \u2062had become \u200cso distracted by the\u200c evergreen\u2064 beauty of Colorado\u2019s forests that\u200c I stopped questioning how I \u200ccould be victimized by their presence, even if I\u2019m not \u2063black. Two years ago, a Portland\u200c high school reminded me of \u200ctrees\u2019\u2062 racist history when officials <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/05\/portland-high-school-delays-vote-on-evergreen-mascot-because-trees-are-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejected<\/a> the evergreen\u200d mascot over the fact that trees were associated\u200d with lynching.<\/p>\n<p>I recently went on a\u200c hike to\u2062 soak in the sights and scenery of summer in northern Colorado. My Prius barely made \u200bit to the trailhead, though I question whether there should even\u200d be roads there\u2063 in the first place. Through some evergreens, I saw a rainbow. The streak had every color visible but one, of course: black.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The rainbow was a good\u2064 reminder of\u200c natural racism. Even Colorado\u2019s snow-capped peaks \u200bare\u200c white.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>If you listen closely, \u200dhowever, nature will often tell you something, either \u2064about yourself or the world around you. While observing the rainbow through the evergreen trees, I leaned in to hear their message reverberating \u200cthrough their ancient roots. Up came\u2064 four words carried by the gentle breeze that will haunt me forever.<\/p>\n<p>They whispered,\u200b \u201cThis is MAGA country.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The\u200d Federalist and \u2064the author \u2064of Social Justice Redux, a\u2064 conservative newsletter on\u2063 culture, health, and \u200cwellness. He has also written for The Washington \u2063Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News.\u200c Tristan\u2063 graduated from George\u200c Washington University where he \u2063majored in\u2063 political science\u2062 and minored in journalism.\u200d Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign \u2062up\u2062 for \u2063Tristan&#8217;s \u2064email \u200cnewsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>give credit to the author of the photo, taken by me. As an outdoors enthusiast and environmentalist, I was intrigued by an NBC News article on &#8220;Black outdoorsy groups reclaiming the joys of nature.&#8221; Being a passionate social justice advocate, this topic caught my attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1988953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}