On Being Black In the Travel Industry for Condé Nast Traveler
New article I wrote for Condé Nast Traveler
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Call to Action for the Anti-Racist
I wanted to address some next steps and tasks for us all as well as a call to action for an anti-racist white ally.
On Being a Black Expat in China
I reached out to my friend, Imani Bashir, who recently moved her family from Wuhan, China. Imani and I discuss her time in Wuhan at the outbreak Covid-19 and her experiences in China as a black expat and an American expat.
#WCW – The Palenqueras of Cartagena
Discover the history of black Colombia through the palenqueras of Cartagena de Indias from origins to present day.
Political Battles Inconvenience Traveling New Yorkers
Trump is punishing a state politician he’s in a pissing contest with and a majority of voters he knows did not vote for him.
Starting A New Decade: Hope for the Future from South Africa’s Past
Happy New Year! This past month has been a whirlwind. After leaving Italy, I came back to NYC and enjoyed a few days at home before heading to the west coast of Mexico, Zihuatanejo, for 3 days, hoping on a flight back to NYC for an event and an early AM flight to Detroit with Glam4Good. After a relaxing holiday break with my family, I’m so excited to head into this new decade. I’m jumped headfirst into work and have a strong feeling that this year will be a year of major change personally and professionally. I have so much content to share with you and am often torn (and exhausted!) keeping up with social media that I neglect NAPW. But I have such a deep satisfaction from writing that I’ll never give up blogging. My resolution is to be more consistent with it! Not just the consistency from microblogging on social media. When thinking about the new year and the future, I went back to an interview I did with South African ANC freedom …
Blackamoor vs. Blackface
Like lawn jockeys you cam find in the old American south, these figures are working. Holding up a tray, a light etc. Permanent fixtures, stuck in history, contorted in servitude. But that’s not who I see in my blackamoor jewelry or moretto Veniziano. Oddly enough, the jewelry was different.
STORYTIME: Dealing with Airport Police in Bangkok Video
“yes, this woman is calling airport police, or is she weaponizing. Is it being weaponized against me as a foreigner, or as a black American?”
On CBS This Morning Discussing Women’s Travel Safety – My Tips for YOU!
A continuation of my conversation during my appearance on CBS This Morning, here are my tips for traveling as a woman, solo.
Traveling as an Interracial Couple Video
We are decades away from the 1967 Supreme Court Loving ruling but interracial couples still navigate a few minefields in society. Michele and I are happily in a partnership where we discuss these things rather openly.