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Sierra Club apologizes for John Muir racism

This 1907 photo shows naturalist John Muir in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Photo: National Park Service via AP

The Sierra Club said John Muir (1838-1914), the group's first president, "was not immune to the racism peddled by many in the early conservation movement":

"He made derogatory comments about Black people and Indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful racist stereotypes, though his views evolved later in his life," executive director Michael Brune wrote.
"In ... early years, the Sierra Club was basically a mountaineering club for middle- and upper-class white people who worked to preserve the wilderness they hiked through."

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· Suryananda

· 2020-07-27T00:10:24+0000
Just like individual consciousness is susceptible to improvements,Societal mass consciousness also advances in tandem, and in time.Ultimately, apart from some exceptions, products of our time and environment.