I’m just an American outside America!
Alma Gill, Columbia, MD. When I travel to other countries, I find it fascinating when asked, are you American? I’ve never been asked or identified...
Don’t Bring Home No White Girls
Anonymous, TX. Said a well travelled Black American female veteran to her biracial, trilingual, and dual citizen son. Behind her, in full agreement, stood her...
You Must Be Mixed With Something
Melanie C. Canada But where are you really from? I am unfortunately and surprisingly all white. Ahem, according to 23 and Me: 33% Northern European,...
We’ll stop traveling to Florida now.
Carolyn Anderson Allentown, PA Why would anyone want to visit any state having the “stand your ground” law?
Our global motivations are innately similar.
Tiffany Wysocki, Middletown, NJ. Monmouth University As I travel the world, I have found one truth: we are all innately equal in our drives and...
Why does my color bother you?
Claudia Davis, Akron, OH. I have traveled several places in my lifetime. However, this pass weekend after the Presidential election I experience a shift in...
Planet Earth – no aliens, only humans.
Patricia Butler Phoenix, AZ When did we start calling people from other countries aliens? I hate that term and the inequality it suggests. All of...
I am scared to drive alone
Ariel Foreman, Raleigh, NC. I just moved to North Carolina from Virginia. I’m scared to travel on highway 14 between Home and Raleigh especially at...
“Act like you’ve been here before.”
Jessica Johnson, Long Beach, CA. My grandparents took pride in not being a “typical” black family. I grew up in Prince George’s County, MD (about...
We strive for the same things.
Tiffany Wysocki, Middletown, NJ. Monmouth University As I travel the world, I have found one truth: we are all innately equal in our drives and...
I deserve the opportunities you have
Michael Tucker Columbia MD Opportunities at good education, loans, housing, travel, safety. These are all apart of the fabric of life American life and to...
Child traveling: This IS my mom!
Molly Lai, Milford, NH. I was terrified of traveling as a child because I hated people asking if I was adopted. Or the more frightening...
