Welcome to Code Switch from NPR coming at you just in time for summer. I'm Shereen

Marisol Maraji. Hasn't anybody ever seen a black

high group before? And I'm Adrian Flodido and today on the podcast right in time,

no not anyway, time for fun in the sun. Right in time for fun in the sun. Come on Adrian, say it.

Did you know? We're talking about people of color and the outdoors because you

know Shereen there's this whole stereotype that we do not go there. That's right. Take

that funnier dive video. We just heard a clip of it starring actor Blair Underwood. He's

hiking. Everyone's freaking out. They're snapping photos of him. The park rangers are literally

chasing him up the mountain. You just, you forgot to sign the, the guest book we keep

at the base of the trail. Oh well, so a law that I have to have to sign it. No, that's

funny. No, we just like all the guests of the park to, we just want proof that you were

here. This is really amazing for us. Hasn't anybody ever seen a black

high group before? I have it. No, this is the first for me. I saw an Asian voice out once.

You kidding me? I mean, Shereen, that's a, that's so absurd, right? So ridiculous. But here's

the thing, there are actually numbers to back this up from the National Park Service. Yes,

the NPS caretakers of Yosemite and Yellowstone and more than 400 other properties is turning

100 this year, two days after my birthday, 100 on August 25th. You're not turning that's

a great. I'm not. I'm turning let's say 25. I like the sound of that. The NPS, Adrian, it's got a

bit of a people of color problem. We're not going there. Yeah, there's not enough of us who go to

the parks, who work for the National Park Service or who volunteer. And so here's the thing, they even

have an office to address this and check out this name. It's called the Office of Relevancy

Diversity and Inclusion. Tidilating. Right. Love that. So yeah, Relevancy Diversity and Inclusion.

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