Mapping Meaning, the Journal (Issue No. 1)

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Identity, Narrative, and Miseducation in a More-Than-Human World Toni Wynn and Rae Wynn-Grant the science of conserving nature. My love for nature sprouted organically, but the lens through which I operate and study is grounded in theoretical ecology. I’m glad I went the academic route, as it helped me realize that science is one of my strengths — and, ultimately, my career passion. Toni Wynn: There’s a false narrative — sold with urgency by commerce-driven American society — around how African American people aren’t terribly keen on nature. I bought that line as a new adult exercising her sudden ability to purchase her own things. But as I commuted across the Golden Gate Bridge, there was, crucially, nothing to buy. Nothing to see but natural beauty. My kids could watch horses on a hill from their bedroom window when they were small — the same years when Rae became hyperaware of the state of the environment. At night the horses sleep. Come daybreak, a collie speeds around them. To get them running? Because they’re pure that way? Saying what — my eyes can suffer more beauty? At night a telescope rings Saturn in, and four of Jupiter’s moons. Coyotes run, days later, at dusk, owning the canyon, barking vapor into air, a passage of fur, feet, and danger. from “A Brown Girl’s Nature Poem: Canyonlands” Rae Wynn-Grant: There is a critical intersection of identity, identity politics, social justice, and inclusivity that is lacking and yet essential for conservation to be effective. This was not something always clear to me. In summer 2014, I traveled to California to present my work for the first time at a prestigious ecology conference. I didn’t enter the journey confidently, knowing my performance needed to be particularly impressive as I would likely be one of the few, if not only, black scientists presenting work and would thus stand out. As I always do, I first flew to the Bay Area to spend a few days with my family before embarking on the two-hour drive to Sacramento to finish last-minute editing of my presentation for the next day. I listened to NPR during my drive; the programming focused entirely on the riots and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Mike Brown only days earlier. I cried as I drove, cursed as I drove, grew weary as I drove. By the time I arrived in Sacramento, I was in a mentally difficult place. On one hand, the biggest scientific opportunity of my career thus far was the next morning, and my presentation needed practice and polishing. On the other hand, my soul needed critical care and my grief was palpable. I was invited to present a study on the spatial distribution of human-induced mortality risk for black bears. And yet the entirety of my being was consumed with the realities of racially-motivated mortality risk for black men. I was pained to know that this conference of thousands of the world’s most elite ecologists would not, and possibly 58 Mapping Meaning, the Journal
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