“Whenever we went into a fancy upscale restaurant or bar, mainly filled with white people, I would just begin feeling…
“Do you have a pet lion” “Yeah I do. I call him Simba” “Wow that’s so cool. Do you live…
“I have grown to appreciate the opportunities I have to paint a positive image of Black men on the opposite…
“Code-switching became a reflex, and I had accepted my host mom’s prejudice against me. But most of all, I still…
“I was focused on two things- Will I be able to make friends and actually have fun here? And, Please let…