Tag: American Studies
Race, Nature, and W.E.B. Du Bois
By John R. Eperjesi
Outdoor Afro is a national non-profit organization that uses things like canoe paddles, hiking poles, and tents to help break down the racist stereotype in American culture that says that Black people don’t enjoy the great outdoors. This stereotype was routinely proved false every time Christian Cooper, an amateur birdwatcher, entered the Ramble in Central Park to pursue his passion.
Making Tracks: Paul Sutter
In the “Making Tracks” series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. By Paul Sutter There was nothing about my childhood that inclined me… Continue Reading “Making Tracks: Paul Sutter”
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