Without question I identify most with Sierra Leonean culture. It wasn’t until I came to Morehouse College that I had my first real experience with black American culture. It’s hard to put into words why I failed to have experienced black American culture because to white America I am viewed as a black American male. However, when I try to relate to the same culture I am associated with, I fail because I was not raised with the same type of “black American experience.” I frequently hear people say that if you are black and in America you by default have a sense of what it means to be black American, but in my own personal journey and comparing my experience to my black American friends, I have not found that to be true.
Read MoreThe most valuable lesson I have learned from all of my trips is to live in the present and appreciate what is around you. In America, we tend to get so concentrated on our end goal and everything that worries us, that we tend to look over our blessings and not appreciate all of the good things that are happening to us right now.
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