Moving abroad forced me to begin teasing out what it meant to be Black and a woman in the 21st century. For most of my life, I focused on the first identity, the words of my parents echoing in my ears of how I need to be twice as good to make it half as far. Life abroad provided an opportunity to learn what it meant to define Blackness outside of this American context.
A Life Worth Living Takes Intention
Moving abroad forced me to begin teasing out what it meant to be Black and a woman in the 21st century. For most of my life, I focused on the first identity, the words of my parents echoing in my ears of how I need to be twice as good to make it half as far. Life abroad provided an opportunity to learn what it meant to define Blackness outside of this American context.