Do You Have Passport Privilege?

This is how it feels to not have it

Photo credit: Substack AI - Black girl with her passport

I am from Sierra Leone in West Africa but have lived most of my life in Switzerland and Canada. For the longest time, I only had one passport, my Sierra Leonean one.

For me, it was a matter of love and pride. I love my native country, and in my eyes, my Sierra Leonean passport is as good a passport …