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The BIPOC Guide to the Outdoors

By Lily Ruiz — 2021

Americans say whites are the most common race they see in advertising, and they say the dominant gender role is male. But as the saying goes, Madison Avenue is not Main Street, nor is it the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail. America’s campsites, bike paths, and hiking trails tell a different story of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the outdoors.

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