One of the coolest things about engaging in the blogosphere is the chance to trade thoughts, ideas and experiences with fellow black female bloggers, those of us for whom international travel isn’t a luxury, but a mindset and a lifestyle. Since I launched UrbanTravelGirl back in December 2008 from my rented flat in the south of France, I’ve loved perusing other sisters’ blogs, finding commonalities in our unique, yet shared, overseas adventures.
We blog about keeping our hair hooked up in foreign countries; struggling to learn new languages; what it’s like “traveling while black” outside America. And of COURSE, we get into the “man thing.” Which leads to today’s thought.
I wrote recently about sisters “getting their swirl on” when traveling abroad, and have been fascinated by your thoughts (merci beaucoup for sharing!). One of my favorite and most thought-provoking fellow bloggers, American Black Chick in Europe recently wrote, “Why Am I in Europe?”, where she shared her reasons for studying and living on the continent (she first was in London, and now is in Toulouse, France). But some disgruntled reader, going off-topic and complaining about some of the “Hot Man Candy of the Week” photos she occasionally posts, said: “Yes, there are white guys in the USA. Would US black chick feel as free to lust after them or even date them in the USA? You will probably say yes, but we all know the racial dynamics of the USA.”
So American Black Chick decided to keep the conversation going, asking her readers to respond based on their own experiences (which obviously are as unique as the women having them). And since this IS a global community, I’ll ask you UrbanTravelGirls the same thing. DO you feel freer responding to, and dating interracially, when you leave the States? Or do you “free your mind” on the man front, even when in America?
Share your thoughts with American Black Chick and add to the dialogue.