You’d assume getting through Heathrow duty free without spending a small fortune would be the hardest challenge.
But for people of colour, travelling abroad comes with its own complications.
I know this all too well – it’s frustrating that instead of travelling being pure and utter escapism, I can end up feeling more anxious and worried about whether I’m going to be the recipient of distrust, suspicion, or even a racist attack on foreign soil.
And as a brown Muslim woman, I’m constantly on alert, concerned that my motives to travel will be interrogated – like that time I was accused of secretly joining a jihadi camp by a mate ten years ago when I visited family in Pakistan.
Safety is absolutely paramount when I’m travelling. In light of stories of discrimination where Airbnb hosts have thrown black women off stairs, cancelling a guest’s reservation after finding out she’s Asian, or when black Americans listed their grievances on #AirbnbWhileBlack, there’s… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/26/why-we-need-an-airbnb-of-colour-7026389/
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