Love or Loathe: Slum Tourism
So after a month of dieting, being more careful with our money and vowing to travel more, this new month should find us lighter, and our pockets heavier-at least until we start spending all of that sensibly saved money on travelling, anyway! If you’re feeling particularly determined to honour your New Year’s resolution to see [...]
Begging for the Truth
A young boy with a noticeable skin condition sells boxes of tissues to drivers as they pull up at the traffic lights. He wears a large cap with the peak pulled tightly down, and the way in which he holds his head and lowers his eyes suggests that he is in some way ashamed of [...]
What to bring away from Kony2012
It’s been roughly two weeks since Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign and video went viral. The video has sparked a flurry of status updates, tweets, articles, and video responses. (see see here, here, and here). Although I believe the Kony 2012 campaign is problematic through a lens of both policy and culture, I am grateful for the [...]
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How Diverse is Diverse?
I got into a very uncomfortable conversation within my first month in Florida when my “racial dating background” was put into question. First of all, it’s none of your business how many black men I’ve dated. “I bet they were either mixed or Latin,” was the response. Excuse you. Is black or white all that [...]
The Blessing and Curse of Light
The Blessing and Curse of Light By Beth Miguel motions me over to him, just steps into the school’s courtyard. I look behind me into the classroom. It is rustling with the activity of maybe 60 kids today, finding their seats, opening up their computers, blessed with energy for at least a solid hour and [...]
