6/14/2009 – 9:06am

As I was traveling on the train from Prague to Berlin I met a couple of girls from the UK. I told them about my blog and gave them my card. One of them was intrigued that I was starting a website detailing my experiences as a Black American traveling. She said that she was very aware that it must be different for me as opposed to her as a white woman and also surprised that she’s never seen anyone else with a blog based on the experiences of traveling while black. There are tons of resources pertaining to traveling as woman alone. She has done a lot of traveling and has noticed that every time she stays at a hostel it is full of white people and maybe a couple of Asians. She hardly ever sees any Black Americans and wondered why. After giving it much thought I also have similar questions. Could it be purely because of economic disadvantage? Lack of interest? Fear? Or maybe it’s a combination of all of those things. I think that if more people traveled it would eliminate a lot of racism in the world and it would force people out of their comfort zones. I’m not naïve enough to think that racism would ever end because as long as there are 2 people in the world there will be some form of discrimination. Hopefully this blog can be used as tool or possibly an inspiration for other Black Americans who have always wanted to travel abroad but couldn’t quite get past that fear of the unknown. I have optimism that I will. We shall see…

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