I currently have a love/hate relationship with France.
Well it’s evolved from a hate relationship with Paris to love/hate thing with the whole country.
I’ve been to France 3 times in my life over an 8 year period and I can’t tell you about my most recent and favorite time without telling you about my first and worst time.
The first time I came here was in 2013, I was a wide-eyed college student studying abroad in London for the summer when my classmate Bethaney said let’s go to Paris for the weekend.
Why not?
Although we saw so many historical sites and beautiful things in a matter of 2 days, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth from a few experiences that I perceived as racially charged from authorities and civilians.
Fast forward to 2 years ago, I revisited Paris to surprise my homey Justin who was coming for his birthday with my sis. Internally, I was reluctant at the idea because of my first experience there, but of course I was gonna pull up. They came all the way from America after all.
And my most recent time was easily my favorite. My fam came to visit me in the Netherlands this summer and we road tripped through Europe. In France, we stayed in this town Grenoble in the French Alps and it was absolutely amazing. So of course, I can’t make a blanket statement about the country based on just Paris so I’ll grow through it all with you including the differences between the areas I visited.
Being black in France has felt like many different things to me at different times, some good and some bad so that’s why I’m gonna give you the whole story here
I’ve taken 3 trips to France and have spent a total of 10 or 11 days there, and while in France I also took note of the country’s demographics, safety, costs, entertainment options, and a few other aspects.
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