Casual Racism and the Outdoors: A Conversation with Prince Shakur
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Prince Shakur is a writer, activist, and filmmaker who grew up in Jamaica and moved to the U.S. when he was young. Shakur has traveled extensively and holds an impressive resume of published written works and he's only 23. His essay, "A Black Traveler Confronts Racism at a Montana Resort," published recently in Outside magazine, provides an insightful and raw account of Shakur's time working and living in Big Sky, Montana, a remote ski town in the Rockies. In this interview Shakur opens up about the nuances of taking up space, how everything is political, and the important labor of being honest.
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