Category Stories: Racial and Ethnic Identity
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From Foreign to Local: A Story of a Young Immigrant
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I met Jeannie at the University College London international students orientation. I was sitting on a bench in the UCL main building waiting for the twelve o’clock campus tour. Jeannie came up to me and asked if I was also going on the campus tour. I replied with an affirmative answer and we introduced ourselves.…
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Heritage & Privilege: Multi-Racial Identity Abroad
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When you think about Native Americans, what do you think about? Do you imagine an “Indians and cowboys” scene from the 1800s that involves a lot of shouting and gunfire? Maybe you think of broken English and peace pipes in a smoke filled tipi? Whatever comes to mind, it probably isn’t a modern people that…
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Being Caribbean in Cuba
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As an Asian American woman, I spend a lot of time thinking about race, racial perception, and ethnicity, and how each of those words means something different in the United States and in Cuba. Here, racial and ethnic identities have a much stronger impact on day-to-day interactions between both strangers and close friends here than…
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How a Hispanic American Made it to Ireland
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A Diverse Background As I reflect on my journey, I must begin with my family. I come from a diverse background, with my father born in Mexico and my mother born in Ecuador. Both of my parents immigrated to America at an early age and therefore never attended college. When my parents had my brothers…
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A Colonized Body in the Colonial Empire
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Every time I attend my British History course titled Remembering Slavery, I feel a complex array of emotions. As I listen to discussions on Britain’s role in Atlantic slavery and the way it is remembered, I cannot help but feel the weight of my status as a colonized body in the colonial empire. Although I left Jamaica at…
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My Journey Home: The Struggles of a Transatlantic Adoptee – A Digital Story
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This visit home, to both China and Hunan, enlightened me to who I really am and gave me appreciation for what I’m blessed with. Having been adopted from China by American parents, Caitlin always felt out of place in her family and community. So when she decided to study abroad in Shanghai, she knew she…
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Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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If you’re a student of color who is interested in going abroad, it can be both exciting and challenging. You learn to navigate a new environment with an entirely different history and because of that, an entirely different political climate. That results in different attitudes about issues of race and ethnicity. I identify as a…
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National Identity Abroad: Us vs. Them-The Americans and the English
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My ‘About Me’ sections go like this: 22, college student, cat person, Hufflepuff. Nepali. The last one is hesitant, a fluttering around the periphery of my identity, almost a question. Nepali? I was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and I lived there for nineteen years before leaving the country to attend college in America. Both my parents, both sets of…
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Immigrant Abroad: A Chinese-American in London
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Did you know that by 2055, the largest immigrant group in the United States will be from Asia and the Middle East, and will comprise of about 15% of the US population (Source)? My own family immigrated to Atlanta, Georgia from China when I was just five years old. Growing up, I transitioned between various…
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(Re)Finding Home – A Digital Story
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Home / Student Stories / (Re)Finding Home – A Digital Story For Sara, an Italian student completing her undergraduate degree in the United States, heading abroad again for a semester in Mexico allowed her to better understand all of her identities and the experiences and cultures that have shaped who she is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-rQX-SW6vsM?feature=oembed Sara R. | Mount Holyoke College |…
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