My brother and I don't talk much but he enthusiastically texted me about an experience he had after I shared with him how many farrier accounts I follow on Insta ❤️
He met the owner of #EbonyHorsewomen.
EHI is a one-of-a-kind, urban riding center in Hartford Connecticut. They provide equine-assisted psychotherapy services directly to clients and offer advanced, credited, professional development programs for therapists, horse specialists and college students.
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He was so moved by the experience and the tour he received that he is planning to carve out time to try and get certified in equine therapy which I think would be a fascinating area to go into the provide unique services for those suffering from trauma.
He was most impressed by the founder and owner Patricia E. Kelly, a U.S. Marine Corp Vietnam-era veteran and African-American cowgirl.
And in case you have no knowledge of the history of cowboys, specifically Black cowboys, here's some info:
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙧-𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣-𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨
One in four cowboys was black. So why aren’t they more present in popular culture?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lesser-known-history-african-american-cowboys-180962144/
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In fact, the day that my brother was visiting EHI, Jordan Peele's film crew had been there working on filming an upcoming documentary about Black cowboys
𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬 “𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 2022 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘱𝘦
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jordan-peele-black-cowboy-series-1235888814/
𝙀𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣: 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 36 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨
𝘌𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 36 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 “𝘗𝘢𝘵” 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘌𝘖. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺.
@thewebrecluse LOVE this! Thank you for sharing!
@thewebrecluse i live close to a black town in oklahoma. we have really only black cowboys on the road. they are cooler than anyone else riding a horse 😍
@thewebrecluse thank you
𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘫𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯 1875 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 1903, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 15 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 28 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘫𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴.
https://www.derbymuseum.org/blackheritage.html
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