Tag: privilege

There’s a Mark Twain quote that says, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” He’s …

As I ventured through countless TripAdvisor threads and personal blogs I kept reading about the “racism” that white visitors felt …

On one of our last nights in Johannesburg, we made a startling discovery: it is exceedingly difficult to find ice …

I barely washed my hands all week. It wasn’t from laziness or gross hygiene habits though. Almost every sink in …

The ketchup is different here. At home, I know exactly where the trusty bottle of Heinz is in the fridge, …

“They’re looking at us like we’re zoo animals,” a client mumbled under his breath to his friend as our aggressively …

I’ve come in contact with privilege in a lot of ways – in the ways that I possess it, and …

My time in Peru has allowed me to become cognizant of how power structures differ across cultures. I became especially …

I’ve never been in a house with no floors. That is, I had never been in such a house until …

Saturday morning, I woke up dreading the day ahead. I was tired from a week of work and only wanted …