I wonder how many people who have contributed to this thread actually can speak of their experiences from a non-white viewpoint? Perhaps the very lack of insight of all these posters is part of the problem.
As far as the poster who commented that "they're not interested & therefore a lot of places don't even have baseball fields any more." It's very possible that the reverse is true. I have no factual data to back it up. I don't live in the inner city and cannot comment on why there are no baseball fields.
I do know that if I were black, or Hispanic, the overwhelming number of white people in a campground could be very offputting. I know there's no racists on this forum, but people notice when someone "different" appears. Usually the conversation starts "I saw a black couple down on site 102", then the direction just depends on the people involved. Either downhill into racial jokes, or passive with "I don't have a problem with it", black people just don't like to camp type thing.
From what I read the industry is trying get to the point where people who aren't white aren't going to feel "out of place" when they show up at a mostly-white campground.
I wonder how many people here would feel uncomfortable pulling into a campground with mostly black people who have reserved many sites for a rally. Suddenly the shoe is on the other foot. And amazingly enough, it pinches a bit.
