Argumentative Essay: America's National Parks Service

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The National Parks Service has been working to ensure that America’s national parks are preserved and taken care
of for years. In today's society the most people who go to our national parks are old, white people who have the time to go visit them. The rest of society is too busy, whether they are in school, at work, or just using new technology. Many believe that because the new generation is always on their phones that they do not care for national parks but that might not be the case. While the NPS do provide multiple protection services to our national parks they do not successfully promote the parks towards the new generation and without their interest, the services given would be futile.
The National Park Service spends billions of dollars …show more content…

These young generations were also built around a society that is always in motion and is used to people and noise. When you take these younger generations into an unfamiliar environment these become uncomfortable, much like when inner­city children were brought to Death Valley (Egan and Egan). The students felt threatened because of how quiet and empty the park was and even “wouldn’t get out the van,” because of the unnerving atmosphere (Egan and Egan). These responses are normal in consideration of how the kids grew up if all one knew was noise and people being somewhere quiet and unpopulated would be an unsettling experience. The national parks also display a low diversity rate which can be very off­putting to the public today, especially young colored people. When most of the parks were formed segregation was still infuriated in America so colored people were not introduced to these beautiful landmarks resulting in them not being able to pass down experiences to their children. The lack of diversity is still floating around the parks and makes the parks only “appealing to a certain kind of person,” which gives it an unwelcoming atmosphere (Egan and Egan). And resulting from this kind of atmosphere will leave the parks empty and silent until the

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