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Traveling as an Interracial Couple in Africa
“Just because it’s okay for you to date outside your race at home doesn’t mean it’s okay here. It’s weird, it’s not right, that’s not how I was f**king raised. You should be ashamed.” *Josh glared at me across the table, his toothy-grinned uncle nodded his head in agreement, and eventually, all eyes rested on me. Pause for reaction. The awkwardness was palpable. One moment I was sitting in a restaurant in Livingstone, amidst a cohort of international volunteers, chatting about our day, and the next I was being schooled on the fundamentals of interracial dating; The fundamentals being, don’t do it, and certainly don’t do it in Africa. What the hell was I…