Due to racism and injustices against Black Americans in the U.S., there’s a push to move away and pursue a life abroad.
In 1961, James Baldwin told a New York radio broadcaster: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” Baldwin sought refuge in France to escape America’s violent and systemic racism during that period. Nearly 60 years later, the United States’ ongoing malaise and consequential rage—as seen in the aftermath of the murder of an unarmed Black man named George Floyd this summer—still remain.
A growing number of frustrated Black Americans now seek to follow in the footsteps of both Baldwin and many present day Black expats, and are planning their exit strategy for living abroad.
