Coalition: Park Ranger Uniforms ‘Threatening’ Latinos – Have ‘Cultural Implications’

From CNS News
By Eric Scheiner | April 29, 2016
 
National Park Rangers stand by their vehicles in the National Park Service photo. Some claim the ranger uniform looks similar to those in immigration enforcement.
 
(CNSNews.com) – A coalition of legislators and civil rights groups say the National Park Service needs to focus on increasing inclusion on public lands, including possibly changing the “threatening” uniforms of Park Rangers.

“What we’re calling for is drastic, very scary change,” Maite Arce of the Hispanic Access Foundation said at a press conference Thursday.

“One example I can give you is with the Latino community, especially among the border states, but even nationwide, just the simple color of the uniforms that rangers wear.”
 
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