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Aug 31, 2021 · Sharon Schaffer, the first Black woman to become a pro surfer, doing tai chi at Venice Beach, Calif. Ms. Schaffer spoke to a group of surfers in 2020 about racism: “It’s been a battle to ...
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the Prophecy Watchers. Gary Stearman and Mondo Gonzales have an important message to share about the plans and purpose of the Prophecy Watchers.
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Three weeks of protests over Floyd's death have been a time of atonement for many white Americans. Surfing has a lot to atone for. The sport in a rapidly diversifying U.S. is still seen as predominantly white despite its origins in Polynesia. Historian Isaiah Helekunihi Walker of Brigham Young University-Hawaii said the state's colonizers and their...
As Hollywood's infatuation with surfing drew legions to the beach in the '60s, many surfers headed to the nonwhite world for uncrowded waves. The mid-'60s film "The Endless Summer" exposed a vision of the surfer as a laid-back transient but also as a conquerer from the West who had the means to treat foreign lands as a playground. Scott Laderman, a...
Through the 1960s and into the '70s, surfing was a somewhat libertarian endeavor marked by long hair, marijuana use and a wayward spirit. Keith Plocek, a University of Southern California assistant professor who has taught surf journalism, said the predominant image of a surfer is a "free spirit" for whom the responsibilities of life "can't hold me...
In the 1980s and '90s, the Los Angeles coastline was home to the Mexican Surf/Skate Association and the Black Surfing Association. In the Venice neighborhood, surfing culture collided with hip-hopas locals dressed like cholos and spray-painted Chicano-style graffiti in the name of keeping out nonresidents. Home-bred surfers sometimes hazed white ou...
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Jun 4, 2021 · Sharon Schaffer is the first female African American professional surfer. She is also an accomplished actress, a poet and a musician. “I feel like it’s my responsibility to bring joy and love ...
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May 2, 2024 · Dr. Sharon Stone shares an insightful prophecy for the month of May.To download the free E-Guide of the May Prophecy, click the link below: https://www.proph...
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Jun 1, 2022 · Still, Black people have taken to the waves. Sharon Schaffer became the first Black woman surfer to go pro, and others like Mary Mills and Rick Blocker paved a way for Black people in surfing ...
