Posts tagged Diversity
Dear Outdoor Industry: Stop Exploiting People of Color for Unpaid Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work
Dear Outdoor Industry: Stop Exploiting People of Color for Unpaid Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work

If we as BIPOC were taken seriously, Gearmunk employees, like myself, wouldn’t have to fight tooth and nail for the thousands of dollars that we are owed. Gearmunk also owes members of the DEI Committee a total of $3,000.

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Amath DioufAmath DioufExploitation, Gearmunk, outdoors, DEI, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Outdoor Industry, Outdoor Community, Tokenism, climbing, thin air show, BIPOC, Freelancer Comment
I Said I Wasn't Outdoorsy...But I Lied
I Said I Wasn't Outdoorsy...But I Lied

Someone very boldly asked me “What is your story? What got you outdoors?” Having been asked that question before, I automatically launched into the short synopsis of my brief outdoor career… I continued on with this neatly packaged story of how I fell in love with the Outdoors in my mid twenties.  For so long I absolutely believed this narrative to be true, but looking back I now realize that...I lied.

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Nadia MercadoNadia MercadoOutdoors, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Latina, Hiking, South Florida, Florida, Outdoor Industry, Bias, Stereotypes, Diversity, Running, Racism, Latinx, Storytelling, storytelling, Changing the Narrative, Being the only one Comments
No, Where Are You Really From? Women of Color in Skydiving Speak, Pt I
No, Where Are You Really From? Women of Color in Skydiving Speak, Pt I

“We are not asking for it and women shouldn’t be expected to smile and silently put up with this harassment so we can be part of the skydiving community.”

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Danielle Williams, Nadia Mercado, Caroline HsuCaroline Hsu, Nadia Mercado, Swati Varshney & Danielle WilliamsLatina, Asian, African, African American, Asian American, Latinx, Mansplaining, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Immigrants, Immigrant, Representation, Strong Women, Skydiving, Diversity, Women of Color, Skydive, Sexism, Racism, skydiving, Race, Colorism, Misogyny, #StopAsianHateComment
Skydiving as a Woman of Color
Skydiving as a Woman of Color

Team Blackstar gave me the freedom to stop pretending I don't notice when I'm the only person of color at my drop-zone. Yes we see color. And we realize the lack of diversity isn't a neutral thing.

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Danielle WilliamsDanielle WilliamsDiversify Outdoors, Black women, Sexism, Homophobia, Tandem skydive, Ownership, Whites Only, Equity, Inclusion, Racism, Strong Women, Skydiving, Adventure, Anxiety, Diversity, Skydive, African American, Race, Skydiver, Being the only one Comments