レイチェル・ブレイセンのインスタグラム(yoga_girl) - 1月30日 23時32分

My first boyfriend was Muslim. The one after that, Bolivian. The third boy I ever loved was African American. Growing up my best friends were Filipino, Chilean, Greek, Serbian, Iranian and Spanish. Growing up in Sweden... This is what life was! I never contemplated the difference between me, from an "all-Swedish" family, and my friends who were all first, second or third generation immigrants. I didn't contemplate the difference because there was none. We all went to the same schools, fell in love with the same boys and complained about our homework the same. I grew up in a tapestry of diverse families where everyone was accepted and there was only things to gain from living in a multi-cultural society. I'm friends with most of these people to this day.
Right now, I'm an immigrant. I've spent the past decade living in different countries and I now live in Aruba, a country where I wasn't born, and I'm grateful to have residency here through my husband who's native; part Aruban, part Dutch. The island inhabits 83 nationalities. Because of the color of my skin and the status of my passport, I've never experienced judgement or hostility arriving to a new country. When I hand airport officials my passport, they greet me with a smile.
Sadly... This is not the case for most people in the world and I am becoming acutely, painfully aware of my privilege. Looking at the developments during these past months, we're heading in a different direction now. The accepting society I grew up in is starting to feel very far away. The situation in Sweden has changed drastically and in the US, the president is trying to ban an entire religion from entering the country (conveniently excluding countries where he has business ties). It's almost unbelievable but it's real.
Over 65 million people in the world have been forced from their homes. These are people fleeing from war, from famine, from horrors worse than we can ever imagine sitting here in our comfortable homes scrolling trough Instagram on our iPhones. How are we heading in a direction that's moving away from love, away from helping those in need? It's 2017. Why is everything so backwards?
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