When she replies, "Hindistan", the Turkish word for India, he immediately guesses that she doesn't live there. How so? Because she's travelling around. "Only Americans, British, Australians, and Japanese travel," he says.
His astute observation takes her back to her first year in graduate school, to a job talk by a travel videographer looking to hire a crew for documentaries. Among other things, his presentation delves into the travel habits of different demographics, concluding with this punch line: "People from the Third World do not travel; they immigrate." Born in Kerala and now living in Brooklyn, Ms Habib identifies as a Third World-raised woman and an immigrant.
She also identifies as a traveller. And as she travels, she notices things, such as how her Third World identity makes her a less carefree and confident traveller than one from the privileged White world; how the traveller's itinerary and worldview has been laid out by the White gaze; and how stereotypical perceptions of people and places continue to be reinforced through travel guides, which are written primarily by and for the White traveller.
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