Category Stories: Racial and Ethnic Identity
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From Regret to Optimism: Finding Common Ground in a Foreign Institution
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Re-posted with consent from Lea Morin and the Amherst Global Education blog, Beyond the Bubble: The overarching feeling I’ve had since my journey to London has been one of regret. Leading up to my departure, I was on campus working and observing the start of the Fall semester at Amherst as an outsider. I didn’t get to share…
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How to Engage with Your People from a Different World
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Before I start off my story, I would like to encourage the readers to read this article to the end for a quick Burmese slang lesson! Studying Abroad When I first went to study abroad in the US, I was one of the only two Burmese students at my college. I was able to communicate…
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5 Advantages of Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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Before I went to Australia, I assumed that being a woman of color in a predominantly white country would be difficult and that my identity might negatively impact my study abroad experience. However, something I never thought about was how my identity would positively impact my time abroad in terms of the conversations I would…
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires Intersectionality and Study Abroad During my time abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I became very aware of the importance of the intersectionalities of our identities. My identity as a black woman and an American from a low-income neighborhood really made my experience much different from my…
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Everywhere is a Classroom: Learning Through Internships Abroad
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Before I moved to Melbourne, I thought of my semester abroad like a hands-on research experience. As an Urban Studies major, I had spent years studying and discussing all aspects of urban life — city governance, urban planning, social inequity, affordability, transportation, design, and so on. Over and over again, critical discourse on how to…
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In-and-out: A Nigerian-American’s Exploratory Ethnic Immersion in London
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When I departed for my semester abroad at King’s College London (KCL), I had a feeling that I would be diving into an ethnic experience that would be difficult to articulate. On one hand, I would be travelling to the UK through an American study abroad program, but I knew through research and conversations with…
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Retaining My Kazakh Identity While Studying Abroad
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Probably one of my biggest fears when going abroad to study in the US 3 years ago and again upon my arrival in UK was that I would not be able to stay true to my culture and values held by my people. Kazakhstan, being a country of only 17 million people, does not have…
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Indigeneity: New Ways of Thinking
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While spending a semester in Melbourne, Australia, Aaron Smithson was prompted to think critically about the state’s colonial past and his own complicity in the oppression of Indigenous communities by living on native land and using native resources. https://youtu.be/VPC4BcLqdyM Aaron S. | Urban Studies, History & Theory of Architecture, and History Major | Columbia University | University of…
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How to take Care of Afro Hair in London
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My first question when I arrived in London was: Where am I going to get my hair cut? I usually go to my local barbershop in Brooklyn, so as someone new to the neighborhood, I had to ask around before I found a barber I could frequent. Thankfully, there are many different options for styling…
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Mooncakes and Macaroni & Cheese: A Chinese-American in Ireland
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At the beginning of my study abroad experience, if you told me I would cook macaroni and cheese four times in two weeks, I would have thought you were joking. But then it happened, in Ireland of all places. I, a Chinese-American girl, was requested to cook this dish for my German housemates and their…
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