A Message of Harmony at the End of a Jamaican Dirt Road
Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq. Transformational Travel
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Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq. Transformational Travel
Maryland Tourism Development Board, Black Travel Journalist of the Year l Int'l Public Speaker (Keynote + 3x TEDx) l Award-winning Podcaster l DEIA, Arts & History Advocate l Cultural Connector l Travel + Social Impact
This article showcases a universal belief in the shared common humanity that is foundational to the World Footprints platform. Enjoy a short journey through Cockpit Country in Jamaica.
I’m walking along a dirt lane in the Jamaican bush when I meet Franklin. We’re beyond the end of the paved road, miles from the closest phone or electricity. The only running water flows beside us in a little mountain stream. Franklin and I chat for a few minutes, long enough for him to give me a message for “the people in America.”
What Franklin wants me to tell them is this: “Our skin color doesn’t matter. Black or white, we are all the same.”
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