GIVE HUMANITY A CHANCE WHEREVER YOU GO In an interview with National Geographic UK, Jessica encourages us to travel with kindness and positive energy and without fear. “I think what holds people back a lot of the time is fear of the unknown. What I've learned throughout my travels is that most people are good, and because of that, there's no reason to have an innate fear of a stranger. Most people really want to help you. A lot of the time, people are just really happy that you're in their country.” “What I'm seeking is humanity. I'm seeking love. So I went anyway.” Turns out that Jessica had more positive travel moments as a Black traveler than she expected. She mentioned in Forbes that an immigration official in Indonesia asked to take a selfie with her because he thought she was beautiful. “Those are amazing experiences. There is racism in the world, there just is. That is what history has left us with,” says Nabongo. “But throughout my travels, I am left with the fact that most people are good.”
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