I Was A Black Student And I Couldn’t Find a Host Family In France

Because they were all racist

Photo by Gui França on Unsplash

When I was in college, my school organized a field trip to a sister institution in the South of France. I was really excited to visit Nimes and Avignon. I’d heard about the vast fields of lavender flowers, the Roman ruins, and the bullfighting in the arena of Nimes.

Since we were students, my college arranged for us to stay…