Celebrating Black Joy

Black Joy. We don’t see enough of it.

Which is why, when Heather Greenwood Davis and I took on the task of conceptualizing and co-editing TripAdvisor’s Black History Month content package, we knew that would be our focus. That we’d shine a light on our long heritage as travelers; on the global cultures Black people enrich by our presence; and on the ways we’re working to change the world so that it welcomes us as much as we yearn to explore it.

To do that we were honored to collaborate with a team of talented Black writers, whose work is live on TripAdvisor’s blog now. As Black people, travel is in our blood, whether by force or by choice. And in a year when the world has shut down much of our access to it, I hope the decision to celebrate our past, present and future resonates with you, too.