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TAMIKA WHITENACK | ATLANTA, GEORGIA & QUITO, ECUADOR | POST 1

TAMIKA WHITENACK | ATLANTA, GEORGIA & QUITO, ECUADOR | POST 1

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Featured image: I love the mountains! A view from my bedroom window in Quito. My great study abroad adventure began with two weeks in the United States, traipsing around the state of Georgia. Along with the 17 other students on the program, we ventured from the big city of Atlanta to the small college town of Athens, out to the rural farms of Albany, and finally back to Atlanta. From Atlanta, we flew to Quito, Ecuador, where we have spent…

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Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 2

Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 2

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I would like to address the feedback I received from my last article. But first, I would like to apologize if what I wrote offended anyone. By all means, that was not my intention. With that said, I really hope I can better explain what I was trying to convey. To do so, I want to talk about something that is often ignored or superficially addressed: internalized prejudice/racism. While I was raised in a multiracial home, I am perceived, and…

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Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 1

Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 1

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Two days before I was supposed to leave for Spelman I had a nervous breakdown. My mom was standing beside me and I was heaped over the couch, balling my eyes out. I kept thinking about my friends back home and how much I would miss them. And I was worried it would be hard to make new friends, especially being white at an HBCU (historically black college university). But I knew I wanted and needed a new perspective and…

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