Black Becky In Paris

Countering the narrative of white, young and thin Emily in Paris

Photo by Atikh Bana on Unsplash

I arrived in Paris, France yesterday. I’ll be working out of here for a while. I’ve hesitated about whether I should write about my experiences as a Black woman living in Paris. I’ve been playing around with this idea in my head for the last few hours. It’s 5 am here and the city is waking up, I can hear a delivery truck…