Dec 20 2017612/20/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Seoul, South KoreaJennifer Neal50Like most people who aren’t from Asia, I was tempted to paint South Korea and Japan with the same brush. Not because…
Oct 17 20171710/17/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: JapanJennifer Neal114If Hollywood is to be believed, then gap years are the sole domain of white folks “finding themselves” in foreign…
Sep 19 201779/19/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: New ZealandJennifer Neal37Imagine, if you will, a land that measures 40 leagues from the Far Downs in the west to Brandywine Bridge in the…
Aug 17 201778/17/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Jakarta, IndonesiaJennifer Neal76Well, it finally happened. I jumped out of a moving car in rush hour traffic to chase a black dude—Dr. Umar Johnson…
Jul 18 201767/18/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Melbourne (Yes, Australia)Jennifer Neal106There are few places more mystifying to people than Australia. In fact, the only thing more mystifying to…
Jun 24 2017116/24/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Budapest, HungaryJennifer Neal53I’ll be completely honest: When it comes to hypothetical homes for African Americans who are considering a…
May 19 201745/19/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: BerlinJennifer Neal53Last year I went on a tour of Western Europe in search of a city that I could potentially call home. I went to…
Apr 15 201794/15/17For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: StockholmJennifer Neal61It’s been nearly a year since Ulysses Burley III first coined the term “Blaxit,” a tongue-in-cheek hypothetical…
Feb 14 2017112/14/17Black Travel: A Tradition and Rite of PassageJennifer Neal6I was 14 years old when my parents took me to Costa Rica, and I was kicking and screaming the entire way. It was my…