re: #184 Killgore Trout

Interesting. I never thought of that before but not that I think of it I rarely (if ever) see black guys out fishing or black families camping. I guess since blacks mostly moved to the cities and urban areas they lost touch with camping and hunting. Since the 50’s (probably long before) white culture has been in the suburbs with programs like boyscouts. Not sure if Boy Scouts is a big hit in the inner cities.

I’ve never thought of it either, one reasons the family we most frequently go camping with is black, he has a nice jet boat to go and terrorize fish with.

I think I’d look more to current economic and cultural issues than back 150 years. Vacations, camping, are family events, fishing and hunting are father, son activities. IMHO, it comes back to the Moynihan Report accurately predicated and Cosby more recently has taken heat for, the state of the black family.