elton
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Work, not holiday. Get the work done, then safari, jet ski, casino, or sunbathing.Why, would they want to go on sunbathing holidays?
Work, not holiday. Get the work done, then safari, jet ski, casino, or sunbathing.Why, would they want to go on sunbathing holidays?
Clue 1: "Black" and "minority ethnic" are adjectives.What's the correct word then?
Clue 1: "Black" and "minority ethnic" are adjectives.
Clue 2: We don't talk about "an old", "a blind", "a deaf", "a Scottish" or "a red-haired".
Perhaps you should seek one out and ask them. Probably best not to use your current terminology when doing so.Doesn't answer my question.
Why, would they want to go on sunbathing holidays?
It is certainly true that there is a significant under representation of BAME people in sailing. And in quite a lot of other sports and passtimes. Partly it is to do with people mostly doing the same hobbies as their parents. It's difficult to get into any niche hobby unless you're introduced to it by someone, and sailing is no different there. And of course your parents are most likely to be the ones introducing you.
Skiing is another one I have experience with that is historically very white. That's definitely changing a lot faster. I've met whole groups in chalets who basically realised that they could afford it, and that a lot their peers in their workplaces were raving about it, so decided to give it a go. But it's a lot easier to decide to give skiing a go and book a week's holiday than it is to decide to go sailing.
However, I think there are some good signs. There is a lot more diversity on the "crew wanted" facebook groups than there ever used to be. And the publicity surrounding the Scaramouche project can only encourage kids who never would have previously considered sailing as either a hobby or a career to look at it.
I've noticed a fair smattering of Welsh 'doing boats' - and the odd Yorkshireman now and then....
e.g. Asian wealth has a tendency to be retained for the family rather than spent on frivolities like boats
....Your average brown/yellow/black/whatever person doesn't really like to be singled out as BAME but oh well, everyone's free to lump people as they see fit.
Do you know what sort of website "The Onion" is?Unfortunately this video, an attempt to explain BLM to Whites through sailing metaphors falls down badly Black Lives Matter Organizer Explains Movement To Older White Americans Using Sailing Metaphors To Make Them Feel More Comfortable
Does anyone else find this distinction between blacks and whites uncomfortable?
... and that leads us to the work that the RNLI, supported by the now defunct DfID, have been doing abroad to reduce the number of drownings.Many black and asian people seem to have an aversion to water - I'm talking about swimming, not washing. The majority of them seem not to be able to swim, so this may be one factor in their scarcity on boats.