Where are the people of color in national parks?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44008927/ns/travel-news/#.TjpuIEef3U8

Shelton Johnson, a park ranger in Yosemite who grew up in inner-city Detroit, said African-Americans were among the park's first rangers but constitute just 1 percent of Yosemite's visitors each year. “If you don’t know you have cultural roots in the parks, then you’re not going to feel a sense of ownership in them.”


In California, the Park Service has partnered with the Yosemite Institute on WildLink, a program that introduces high-school kids from Oakland, Stockton and other cities to the outdoors through five-day wilderness trips.

**Opinion**

On a brighter note, the above needs to occur more often.