OK so I know I am treading into potentially sensitive territory.
Is it my imagination or is the racial mix at meets limited to mainly or solely white people?
There was recently a reference in a thread to bushcrafting being middle class. This description didnt fit with my experience. I thought that - based on my stays at three sites in the Midlands (Rough Close, Spitewinter and North Wood) - there was a wide mix of people at meets.
I then thought about it a bit more and realised that I had never met a non-white person at these meets. (I have met several people with non-UK accents but all were white.)
Any views on, for example:
· Is bushcrafting a predominantly white activity?
· If it is does this matter?
· If it does matter what might be done about it?
Is it my imagination or is the racial mix at meets limited to mainly or solely white people?
There was recently a reference in a thread to bushcrafting being middle class. This description didnt fit with my experience. I thought that - based on my stays at three sites in the Midlands (Rough Close, Spitewinter and North Wood) - there was a wide mix of people at meets.
I then thought about it a bit more and realised that I had never met a non-white person at these meets. (I have met several people with non-UK accents but all were white.)
Any views on, for example:
· Is bushcrafting a predominantly white activity?
· If it is does this matter?
· If it does matter what might be done about it?