Akintunde ahmad nationality discrimination
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Why I’m Prouder Than Ever To Be Black
When you return from studying abroad, you are inevitably showered with questions. While some ask about the food, and others ask about the weather, the most common questions are about what you learned and how your time outside the U.S.
affected you.
Akintunde ahmad nationality discrimination
When I, an African-American person, returned from four months in Ghana, many people asked me if I felt my time there changed me in any way. My response was yes, but often not in the way people expect. I wasn’t ready to rave about how much I loved Ghanaian culture and how soon I wanted to return to the motherland.
Rather, I approached my experience with a critical eye. After returning to the states, I found I had an increased sense of respect and pride for my distinctly African-American culture. It makes sense: As an American in Ghana, I felt, well, American – a fact of which I was constantly reminded.
I never noticed just how much of an emphasis we, as Americans, put on race until I visited Ghana