Name of hike: 24-mile moderate backpack to White Ledge Camp in the San Rafael Wilderness (in the Los Padres National Forest) Mileage: 12 miles up Manzana Creek and over eastern Hurricane Deck to White ...
This practice of forcing backpacks on our newborns began on 17th-century plantations in the American South. Yet it's not just African American bodies that bear such burdens. Most white-bodied ...
Soon after an American baby is born, they are put into a cute little onesie. But at the same time, they also get fitted with a heavy, invisible backpack. This backpack burdens them and restricts their ...