![]() ![]() As well-intentioned of a thought as it is, it’s a little misguided because it doesn’t acknowledge the breadth of experiences that skaters of color have had in the subculture. ![]() Whenever race issues are brought up in skateboarding, a common refrain you see in Instagram and YouTube comments is “skateboarding doesn’t care what color your skin is,” as if to say we are all skaters first, and everything else second. While that is changing a bit, with Nyjah Huston being the American poster boy at Tokyo 2020, it’s also important to remember the Black skaters that paved the way for him and so many others out there today. Skateboarding’s most recognizable figures and names-like Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, and Rob Dyrdek-have obviously done a lot for skateboarding, but lesser-recognized skaters of color, and particularly Black skaters, have long been the innovators and groundbreakers of the culture, but have not received the same household name recognition. The history of skateboarding, much like everything else in this world, has been pretty whitewashed for a long time. ![]()
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