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A threat for times we experienced racism in travelers from rides, housing/ crash spots, other travelers, police, and people - in general.
Me traveling the way I did, I never tried to hitchhike or anything. But, I can say I've been denied places to stay because I feel like there was racism behind it. I'm on the couchsurfing website, and there are a lot of areas where it's mostly white men as hosts, and in those areas I am very lucky to be able to find a place to crash. One place I can point out that was bad at the time i was there was Boston Mass. Seriously 99% of the hosts were white and 98% of that were men. I found a host there, and though it wasn't one of the best time of my life I know I was very lucky for that to happen.
My skin has also attracted some undesirable characters. I like white people to a degree, but people that want to bash white people 24/ 7 have been attracted to me, and that's not all I talk about. I would like to think I'm smart with a wide variety of engaging subject matters but I've seriously been with people that live to bash white people. Not that they don't deserve it, but sometimes I want to talk about movies and video games. ::artist::
What say you, other travelers of non-white variety? Tell us what you've been going through.
Me traveling the way I did, I never tried to hitchhike or anything. But, I can say I've been denied places to stay because I feel like there was racism behind it. I'm on the couchsurfing website, and there are a lot of areas where it's mostly white men as hosts, and in those areas I am very lucky to be able to find a place to crash. One place I can point out that was bad at the time i was there was Boston Mass. Seriously 99% of the hosts were white and 98% of that were men. I found a host there, and though it wasn't one of the best time of my life I know I was very lucky for that to happen.
My skin has also attracted some undesirable characters. I like white people to a degree, but people that want to bash white people 24/ 7 have been attracted to me, and that's not all I talk about. I would like to think I'm smart with a wide variety of engaging subject matters but I've seriously been with people that live to bash white people. Not that they don't deserve it, but sometimes I want to talk about movies and video games. ::artist::
What say you, other travelers of non-white variety? Tell us what you've been going through.