{"id":15269,"date":"2020-06-09T22:37:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingt770stg.wpengine.com\/?p=15269"},"modified":"2020-06-10T10:50:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T17:50:30","slug":"black-lives-matter-black-climbers-belong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/09\/black-lives-matter-black-climbers-belong\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter, Black Climbers Belong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few weeks, we’ve witnessed how the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many others have galvanized protests around racial inequality.<\/p>\n

Black Lives Matter. Not only do Black Lives Matter, climbers of color belong in climbing organizations, in leadership positions, and at every single crag across our state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Racism, the kind we are talking about today, is not individual acts of overt racism \u2013 slurs or intimidation (though those are certainly racist). It is a complex and interconnected system that continually reinforces the status quo.<\/p>\n

What is the status quo in the climbing community in WA?<\/strong> Last October the WCC conducted a survey of the WA climbing community. In the demographics portion of the survey just .4% of respondents identified as Black or African American <\/strong>while\u00a083% identified as white\/Caucasian.<\/p>\n

We begin by acknowledging this fact. The WCC will identify ways we can help shift the status quo as we perform our fundamental mission to make Washington a better place to climb through advocacy, stewardship, and education.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Ashley Siple, Board President
\n& t<\/a>he WCC Board<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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