Passport privilege divides black travelers, tourists, and expats into those with the power and access of Western passports (US, Canada, EU) and those without it...
After watching I Am Not Your Negro, as a current expat, I was not surprised that James Baldwin left the USA of the 1960s and 70s and went into a self-imposed exile in France. I reached out to fellow black expats and asked them a simple question: Do you feel freer outside of the US? I was taken aback by the overwhelming responses I received:
The exoticism of black bodies in the Caribbean has led to some of the black men preferring to date white women exclusively as their meal ticket to economic stability. It was in a local club in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica where I’d finally had enough of this...
...and if you're a fan of Narcos you probably had the same expectations of Medellin- Pablo Escobar's playground- that I did.