Traveling can be a liberating experience. For people of color it can be surprising in different ways.

Raquel Cepeda spoke to novelist and journalist Farai Chideya about an article she wrote, “Traveling While Black,” that was featured in The New York Times.

Chideya wrote about traveling to Africa as a healing experience. She says she learned that most of the world is “brownish,” which gave her a new perspective on identity.