40 min listen
Expatriating while Black, with Amanda Bates
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2021
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Podcast episode
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People of all kinds – yes, people of color too – go abroad to live, love and learn. They study a language, they follow a partner, they go just for the heck of it or for a midlife crisis. Sometimes, they flee war or poverty, but not usually. Tired of not seeing her story represented, Amanda Bates created The Black Expat – a media centering the stories of Black global citizens. In this episode, she discusses her TCK childhood between Cameroon and the US, the challenges of life in-between and who gets to be called an expat vs. an immigrant. 00:00 Intro01:55 A TCK childhood06:14 An American teenager in Cameroon09:08 A Cameroonian student in the US12:56 Why TCKs and first-gen college students relate16:43 Minority students and the study abroad experience18:34 How to become a Borderline member19:40 Centering the Black expat experience22:27 Blackness is not monolithic29:07 Expat vs. immigrant and the power of words38:17 OutroThe Black Expat is at theblackexpat.com, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Its podcast, The Global Chatter, is on all the usual podcasting platforms. ? Read, listen, subscribe & support on Substack | ? Listen on Apple Podcasts | ? Listen on Spotify | ? Watch on YouTube | ? borderlinepod.com
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Released:
Mar 2, 2021
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