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thejeffloop t1_j4gckka wrote

Great article. It really puts some historical perspective on why there aren't more POC out on the trails.

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Eagle_Arm t1_j4ge11f wrote

No, it doesn't. Vermont is majority white, guess what the majority of people on the trails will be?

It's like walking on a trail and seeing a ton of squirrels and wondering why don't see more moose. There's a helluva more squirrels than moose.

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thejeffloop t1_j4gfjqq wrote

That explains everything. /s

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Eagle_Arm t1_j4gimaj wrote

So squirrels are fairly common in Vermont. This is because the population of squirrels is so high. If you sit down and be quiet you can see a ton of them.

A moose on the other hand have a much much smaller population. So you could do the same activity, sitting in down in the woods and being quiet, and you probably won't see one. This is due to the smaller population.

In this cheesey grade school story, the squirrels are white people. The moose are PoC.

So when talk about population and probability, you're more likely (probable) to see something that there is more of (population).

Hope that helps.

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thejeffloop t1_j4gu9f5 wrote

The article nothing to do with how outnumbered black people are in the outdoors. I thought that was obvious but- here we are.

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