In addition to the challenges faced with seeking placement locations for tiny houses on wheels, Black people must also factor in safety concerns related to racism that’s prevalent in the areas that are most accepting of them. Very unfortunately, those conversations weren’t received well or received at all. In my opinion, if we’re addressing concerns of housing and building community, these concerns should most certainly be included in the conversations. The post also resonated with me because it’s the conversation I’ve been trying to host within the tiny house movement for the past 3 1/2 years, within the broader tiny house acceptance conversations and for awareness of experiences that weren’t being discussed. The post certainly resonated with me as I’ve had to relocate my tiny house twice now due to my own personal concerns of safety while dealing with racism once in 2015 when it was in a RV Park in Charlotte and just a few months ago when located on a farm in a rural area, just outside Charlotte. These concerns are often a deterrent to Black people to even consider getting involved in those kinds of activities, as they already know the potential danger. This experience is a common occurance and a major safety concern, as this family’s terrorizing experience shows, as well as this most recent example of the experience of a Black man on a camping trip demonstrates. In late August I shared a post from a Black RV’ing family, Soulful RV Family, discussing the ongoing safety issues Black people face in RV Parks in dealing with racism.
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