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Black Heroes of Surfing

Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

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The Inkwells

Inkwell was the name designated to a beach where African-Americans were legally allowed to be at. The name itself is as to my racist connotations, because there was a belief that our skin would make the water dirty, because we were dark. For decades after the official rules changed, people of color were informally, sometimes violently, barred from enjoying common natural resources like the beach. Chelsea and Martina are not fans of Mickey Dora.

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