This AP article in today’s N&R about the National African-American RVers Association speaks volumes about the increasing affluence of blacks in today’s society:

Getting more blacks into the woods would mean breaking decades of stereotypes and overcoming a long-standing leeriness that members say many have about camping. Bad things happen to black people in the woods, the story goes, and they can’t afford recreational vehicles.

At least that’s the way Lawrence Joseph always heard it, and it all gets a chuckle from him as he shows off his 32-foot Winnebago Brave, one of about 160 campers packed into the River Country Campground for the Southern regional rally of the black campers’ association. Joseph bought his RV four years ago seeking the same things that draws whites to camp.

“I like the closeness, the friendship. You meet people from different venues, from different professions,” he said. “I have two kids, and it gets them out of the house from playing video games.”

Economy in the tank, alright.