It was thrilling how many people could relate to my experience, and instructional how many others didn't buy my sense of self. "How can Selasi claim to come from Ghana," one such critic asked, "when she's never known the indignities of traveling abroad on a Ghanian passport?"
Fue emocionante ver cuántas personas se identificaron con mi experiencia, e instructivo ver como muchos otros no aceptaron mi sentido del ser. "¿Cómo puede Selasi decirse de Ghana" preguntó una mujer, "si nunca ha conocido las indignidades de viajar