{"id":9322,"date":"2020-09-01T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.mappyhour.org\/blog\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2024-05-07T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:36:14","slug":"watch-kareemah-batts-diversity-is-more-than-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/watch-kareemah-batts-diversity-is-more-than-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Kareemah Batts, Diversity is More Than Color"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cIf our world is this diverse, then how is it that our outdoors are not as diverse? And then who\u2019s job is it to fix this?&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is always us by the way, we are always responsible for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kareemahbatts.com\/\">Kareemah Batts<\/a> is one of the outdoor industry\u2019s leading diversity advocates and adaptive sports representative. 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