Abstract: This essay explores Andrea Smith’s concept of the privilege of self-reflexivity and Larry Wolf’s writings about philosophic geography and Eastern Europe in conversation with my study abroad experiences in Romania in 2013 and the Czech Republic in 2014. I use these writers to critique my practice of approaching the people I met while studying abroad as an occasion for […]
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Re-Thinking Study Abroad: Black Students Sold on the Experience of White Students
Abstract: When talking about studying abroad, my peers always emphasized easy classes, lots of partying, and traveling on the weekends. So I was surprised that some of these things were harder for me based my skin color. Racism impacted my time as an exchange student in Milan, Italy. The expectations set by some of my […]