Pensive in Prague: Examining Identity Abroad, June 20thPosted in Articles, Autobiography, Europe, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Passing on 2016-07-26 02:20Z by Steven |
Pensive in Prague: Examining Identity Abroad, June 20th
The Harvard Independent
2016-07-24
Gabby Aguirre
This is the second in a series of summer blog posts where the author reflects on her time as a first-generation Latina studying abroad in Prague. You can find the first blog post here.
The date is June 20th, and I’m just about physically adjusted to being several time-zones away from home.
However, in many ways being here is something I’m not sure I can ever get used to. To forward this, and something I should’ve mentioned in my first blog post, is that while I am a Latina, I am white-passing.
Passing as white grants me many privileges at home and abroad – and particularly in the Czech Republic – that many would not be afforded. For example, as I take a tram to Malostronské Náměstí (Malostronska Square for those of you still brushing up on your Czech), a graffiti that says “White Power,” would not have been painted with the intent of asserting dominance and instilling fear in someone who looks like me…
Read the entire article here.