NDAT - 2.2 What Are You? Feelings of the Exotic

Never Date a Traveler w/ Nneya Richards

On this episode of Never Date a Traveler I discuss feelings of being exotified with dear friends and guests, non-profit exec Jennifer Estrada and writer, creator and university faculty member, Naomi Bishop. These brilliant woman and I discuss our experiences around the world and within the US with the placement and questioning of our identities and how we feel about the word "exotic." **NOTE: When sharing my anecdote about the man from the Dominican Republic and I say "their history." I mean the island's history of racial politics / tensions stemming from Trujillo's systemized racism and the current policies (mass deportations of Haitians) on the island.