'The power structure of racism and white supremacy continues to show the world that Black women are disposable despite the fact that we create, nurture, and lead everything that is popular in all societies around the world'
Illustration: By Blacksneakers Being able to move abroad is often a symbol of money and privilege. It can also indicate a degree of freedom, a sign that one need not be constrained to a certain area of the world or lifestyle, and as such it’s a move that’s become increasingly attractive to Black professionals in the U.S.
Since getting married, we have also lived in Poland, Malaysia, two cities in China — including Wuhan, the original epicenter of COVID-19 — and now Mexico. White Americans are often celebrated as “global citizens” for being able to successfully maintain careers abroad, and yet I have never fully received that worldly designation as a Black mom who birthed a son in another country, now a 3-year-old who can speak three languages.
I decided to interview for some full-time remote positions in hopes that we could sustain ourselves no matter where we were. When I applied for a travel-writing position, I knew that I was qualified — I had the skills, a résumé stacked with all the travel publications around the world that I’d written for, and a lot of stamps on my passport. I made sure to tell my future editors that I had been living abroad for years and that I intended to continue to do so.
Within days, however, my husband was notified that his season would be canceled, which led us back to the U.S. for three months. To be clear, we did not want to come back to America. But because no other countries were allowing any travelers who had been in the United Kingdom, we made our way back — to Atlanta, Georgia. It was May, right around the time that George Floyd were brutally murdered and protests ignited across the country — reminding us why we chose to leave in the first place.
I felt gaslit and angry, like I’d been set up. When I interviewed, my living abroad was celebrated and my editors seemed to think that it added value to my role. And yet I was seemingly fired for the same reason I was hired, for traveling and living internationally.
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