Posts tagged Skydiver
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
Learning to Fly - A Black Woman's Introduction to Skydiving
Learning to Fly - A Black Woman's Introduction to Skydiving

I started skydiving six years ago. I had recently returned from a combat deployment in Iraq and had fallen back into the sleepy routine of life in Kentucky. Beer, bourbon and BBQ and usually in that order. Life was good but I missed the thrill of being stuck on the side of the road in Iraq with one trailer ablaze and another with smoking brake lines--at night with the threat of IEDs and election violence weighing like lead in my stomach.

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Danielle WilliamsDanielle WilliamsSkydiving, Adventure, Skydive, Skydiver, Disabled, LearningComment