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Racial Concerns for Travel

editor — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 03:00:00 +0000

Racial Concerns for Travel It will probably come as no surprise to most of you that the majority of Zambia’s population is black while I didn’t find much in the way of concrete data, it looks like about five percent of the population is non-black while the remaining ninety-five percent come from traditional black African ethnic groups. That is, in many ways, the exact opposite of the areas where I grew up and currently live. Exposed to travel at an early age and being very scientifically minded I’ve never considered myself to be someone possessed of racial bias. Instead, I

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You’re a Minority Somewhere Travel

editor — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:00:00 +0000

You’re a Minority Somewhere Travel I can still remember vividly the first time my brother, who had by that point spent more than a year in Zambia with the U.S. Peace Corps as a health volunteer, firmly corrected my use of ‘reverse racism’ in conversations. I don’t recall the specifics, but it had something to do with some of the challenges that arose from being a minority. “Reverse racism,” he asked, “what’s that?” As I started to clarify and elaborate a bit, surprised by his confusion, he cut me off. “Racism is racism” Ultimately, we’re all members of complex social

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