Black Travel Movement: Systemic racism informing tourism

Stefanie Benjamin and Alana K. Dillette

Annals of Tourism Research, 2021, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: The Black Travel Movement, a collective of Black travelers in the United States, continues to emerge and empower Black travelers to share authentic counter-narratives. Many of these travelers made the transition and began companies that now make up the movement. However, the tourism industry continues to perpetuate a landscape steeped in systemic racism. Adopting a critical race theory storytelling method and informed by whiteness studies, nine interviews with leaders of the movement, material from predominately White workshop participants, and lived experiences were used to create a collective story of how race and ontological views influence the tourism landscape. As evident from the collective story, discrimination and racism continues to create inhospitable experiences for Black travel leaders within the tourism industry.

Keywords: Black Travel Movement; Collective story; Systemic racism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103169

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