Maine’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) was, until November 10th, offering free state park passes based exclusively on race.
The initiative was made by Maine’s Nature Based Education Consortium (NBEC).
Despite desiring “to ensure that every Maine youth has access to powerful outdoor learning experiences,” as the NEBC says on its website, they focus their efforts on minority youth, rather than helping the poor regardless of race.
(The webpage for this program was deleted after reporters began asking questions.)
The NBEC and DACF partnered to raffle off state park passes to minorities as part of the Thrive Outside initiative.
“To acknowledge the barrier of costs and the commitment it takes to overcome it, our network is distributing free Maine state park passes to BIPOC Individuals, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color can enter a raffle to receive a pass,” the NBEC site states.
Maine is not the only state to incorporate a racial element into their state park initiatives.
Vermont’s park access initiative places racial minorities on the same level as the disabled and youth programs when giving out fiscal aid from their Park Access Fund.
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Seems pretty blatantly unconstitutional and if Vermont is doing similar things they need to be sued.
This is blatantly illegal.
What else do you expect in leftist New England?
AMEN JACK STEVEn and RICH Thhis gove is a shame
Equity is NOT about equality, it is about taking from those that have.
Democrats seem to have been born under the sign of feces. Everything they touch turns to shit.
Blatant liberal based racism. The people who came up with this need to lose their jobs.
Some Leftist in the state bureaucracy (redundancy?) is getting paid with YOUR tax dollars to dream up this racist BS.
I work in a park and I’m guessing a third of the visitors are colorful people or is that people of color?…and, they typically arrive in cars no less.
Richard Kopeski on November 21, 2023 7:50 AM
Blatant liberal based racism. The people who came up with this need to lose their jobs.
and kicked between the pockets several hundred times.
I’m really beginning to Hate these people. They are just as stupid and contemptible as the Klan.
P.S. Hanging’s too good for em.
No problem, I will now identify as a selected group and for evermore just drive through the gate. Everyone else should do the same.
They are doing this to make racism worse for a means to control us even more. The more they take and give it to minorities, and to people that think they are other than what they are, the more those that are stolen from will despise the takers! This will lead to unrest and then “THEY” will have to control that unrest with more controls, rules, laws and whatever so they have more power for themselves.
Vote them out
Can I identify as black if i have blackface on?
This is why it is Despicable Maine…