<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>This brings up an interesting point. Where the trails are located has a lot to do with who uses them. I live in Western Connecticut near NY state. I am located less than 1/2 hour from parts of the AT in both NY & CT. I also venture into areas of NY reachable by train by people from NY City.</span></div><div><span>This applies to day hiking, not backpacking. I almost never see people of color backpacking. There are many Hispanic people who camp out in state campgrounds, some of them venture onto the trails. I frequently see people of Black, Indian, Japanese, and Chinese heritage dayhiking. I also hear people speaking foreign languages.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Urban trails or trail accessible by urban people will get them out there. Obviously this will not help the
CDT.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>hm</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mike Beaty <mike_beaty@q.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> cdt-l@backcountry.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Cdt-l] CDT Integration<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">To put the question in the
larger social context posed by</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> Jon,
Jim, and other thoughtful contributors to this thread, please consider the
following data points f</font><font size="2" face="Arial">rom the Center for
American Progress:</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">1. While people of color
make up about </font><font size="2" face="Arial">30 per cent of the United States’
population, they account for </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">60
percent</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> of those imprisoned. The prison
population grew by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005, a rate that is outpacing crime
and population rates. The incarceration rates </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">disproportionately impact men of color</font><font size="2" face="Arial">
1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are
incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men.</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">2. According to the Bureau
of Justice Statistics, </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">one in three
black men</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> can expect to go to prison in their
lifetime. Individuals of color have a disproportionate number of encounters with
law enforcement, indicating that racial profiling continues to be a problem. A
report by the Department of Justice found that blacks and Hispanics were
approximately </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">three times more
likely to be searched</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> during a traffic stop than
white motorists. African Americans were twice as likely to be arrested and
almost </font><a href="http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/department-justice-statistics-show-clear-pattern-racial-profiling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">four times as likely</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> to experience the use of force during encounters with the
police.</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Point being, how can a body
find the freedom (let alone the desire) to hike while locked down by the
man? And then also consider the demographics and histories of
the rural areas where our long distance trails are located.</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Terrapin</font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Boise</font></div></div></div>
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