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great article (Original Post) heaven05 May 2018 OP
Can you post the link? MrScorpio May 2018 #1
I attempted to heaven05 May 2018 #2
link diddlysquat May 2018 #3
thank you heaven05 May 2018 #4
It was an onteresting article. Thank you irisblue May 2018 #5
You're right and thanks for posting. Kind of Blue May 2018 #6
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. I attempted to
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:37 AM
May 2018

cut, copy paste. I am not able to provide link. And I said Guardian web page, it is on BBC web page. Not quite awake yet, I guess.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
6. You're right and thanks for posting.
Tue May 8, 2018, 03:06 PM
May 2018

My niece spent a year in India as part of her university study. For a while, she sent back glowing pictures of beautiful camaraderie with classmates and of people they'd met. But she soon found that wandering around alone was more than unsettling as a black girl because of the things cited in the article. I didn't find that surprising but am surprised by the author's experience in Swaziland. My SIL, niece's mom, was a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa for many years back in the '80s was a little shocked by the author's experience - "spies," "fake American" by being non-white. Wow. Makes us wonder if the attitude was there all along or what might have changed or maybe there aren't as many people of color volunteering anymore.

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