great article

[heaven05]

in Guardian, today of a young black woman, American, traveling alone in Africa and India. Interesting.

[MrScorpio]

1. Can you post the link?

I’d love to read it.

[heaven05]

2. I attempted to

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.

[diddlysquat]

3. link

http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43877568

[heaven05]

4. thank you

I have tried to post links, just haven't mastered the tech.

[irisblue]

5. It was an onteresting article. Thank you

[Kind of Blue]

6. You're right and thanks for posting.

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.