NBC ruthlessly mocked over report on black people needing 'safe spaces' at national parks

Social media users ripped into NBC on Wednesday after the network released a report claiming that black people need a "safe space" in order to be able to enjoy the great outdoors, like hiking and camping. 

In the NBC article titled "Meet the black outdoorsy groups reclaiming nature," author Char Adams discusses how black people need "safe spaces to go camping and just experience the outdoors" due to past racial discrimination during the Jim Crow era which prohibited black people from entering national parks.

Adams went on to explain that it's critical for black people to have these safe spaces in order to escape "trauma" and "harassment" from white people, which was reportedly heightened in 2020 with the presence of "Trump flags" flying at campgrounds. For this, NBC was ruthlessly mocked on Twitter by social media users, Fox News reports.

It takes a special breed of stupid to be traumatized by being outdoors. And It takes an even specialer breed of stupid to make something racist out of it.

So just imagine the breed of stupid it takes to write an article about it. https://t.co/4M6sQ76zDi

— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) July 26, 2023