excerpt = "The short-term task force will review and approve supporting materials and communications around the effort to reexamine Sierra Club’s past to acknowledge racism and problematic aspects throughout our long history and understand how that...

by Chad Hanson = "This is the John Muir who is worthy of honor and respect—the Muir who evolved beyond his upbringing and worked to protect Nature -- while simultaneously promoting admiration for Native American culture and speaking against racist...

(Article written by Michael Brune) "...[John] Muir was not immune to the racism peddled by many in the early conservation movement. He made derogatory comments about Black people and Indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful racist stereotypes...