What questions do you have about being an African American man living as an Ex Pat?

I am Thai. In my school has black teacher. He is a popular teacher in my school. He's English teacher. Nice teacher. Students are like him. From Bangkok.

An interesting video and discussion to me. I'm a older, white man who has retired and lived in Thailand for the last 10 years. My 45 year old nephew, who was adopted as an infant into my family, is black. He visited with me in Thailand for 5 weeks in late 2017 and we traveled together around Thailand and Cambodia. While he never encountered blatant racism during our travels, there were subtle, but to him, fairly obvious slights. On Walking Street in Pattaya, while "welcome girls" in front of clubs would grab my arm and try to pull me in, he rarely had to deal with that annoyance. He also noticed that the same girls tended to look away when he looked in their direction. Interestingly, once we were inside the clubs, his money was clearly as good as anybody else's and he got the same attention as everybody. We were never denied service at any hotel or restaurant. He was on a quest to loose some weight and power-walked seven to eight miles a day around Bangkok and Phnom Penh with never an incident. He really enjoyed the trip and plans to return next year and is seriously considering retiring to Thailand when that time comes. I'm passing your video onto him, I'll be interested in his reaction to it.

Don't let fear stop you from seeing the world.

Wow! This is great Erick. I really appreciate you putting this all together.

Love this video ....WE NEED MORE OF THIS...Great Great Video!!!!

VERY relevant. So glad you and your guests are sharing your experiences. as far as traveling abroad-don’t be afraid, make a plan, take the leap! Great advice. Thx 🙏🏾 ✊🏾

I love your videos, but this one in particular was REALLY awesome! Your interviews are always really thoughtful, great questions

Thanks for sharing! Interesting perspectives. I'm moving to Bangkok in October, so I'm learning a lot listening to this.

That was 1 of your best videos yet Eric. Thank you to you and the other brothers. I am the 1% non military brother I guess living the expat life. I have been doing this for just about 6 years now and I am not going back either...

That was enlightening. Thanks guys.

So glad to have found your channel! I'm interested in moving abroad, but not sure where I'd like to go (Europe, Caribbean, etc.) -- appreciative of your perspectives, feedback, conversations, and engagement with other Black ex-pats. Thank you!

great video, I've been following your journey for months now. I don't know what's out there for me but videos like this one show me others that look and think like me are doing so I can too. thanks for the share

Traveling as a Solo digital nomad & I arrived in Chiang Mai Thailand 15 days ago and loving. Thanks for sharing and hope that we cross path in our travels in the future. Oh yea, continue sharing your experiences traveling as an African American.

Good video keep them coming. I will be visiting Bangkok again in March and planning to hit KL and Penang.

Great video as always Eric!.

Great casual, respectful video. Everyone was able to speak without interruption.

Great video. Even though I am watching this 5 years later it is still relevant to the present. Its great to hear the guys speak on their current situations and what the like and dislike of Thailand and the present issues plaguing America. Keep up the great content.

I love this video! First time watching you and going to watch many more videos in the future.

Thanks for doing this video. It was very informative and its good to see young brothers living and learning in other parts of the world. We need to get our people out of the matrix(America) and see the world or at least learn about the it and other people. I love watching your videos I learn a lot. Keep you the good work.

Great video!! I'm from Toronto, I've been going to Trinidad Carnival every year and visited many Caribbean islands. This year I decided to go somewhere that is totally different. I booked a Trip to Thailand in March. I'm just counting down the days.

Thinking of visiting Thailand next year. I've only been to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Loved the discussion.

Good video… I enjoyed hearing your perspectives… thank you!

Look at that! 3 traveling black men in one place! I love it!

Even though I disagree with some of topic, it’s extremely informative. Thank you 🙏🏽

Great video and interview man...!! You've got a new subscriber.. !

I am really enjoying our videos I have now subscribed to your channel .II presently live in Ft Lauderdale ,FL after living in several major U.S. cities I was born in Minneapolis ,Mn left there when I was 18 years old ! I will also be an Expat soon . I will be retiring out of the U.S. within the next two years !! I am now traveling to places that interest me !!! so far have checked out Costa Rica,Panama ,all of the Caribbean islands , Nigeria,Ghana,Liberia,ivory coast,canary islands,Senegal, I want to visit Mombasa .Kenya and Nairobi as well as Thailand ! happy travels to you !!

I love this . I know you wanted to change it up but love the perspective

Excellent video. Haven't been to that side of the world yet, but I will.

Thank your for your videos. I am a Black man and in 2000 I picked up and left the US and moved to Berlin. I just wanted to try some new things. I had been working in sales for a telecoms company before I left. When I got there, I knock on doors, despite speaking no German, until I got a job as a Software Consultant. A year later, suffering the Dot Com crash, I had to reinvent myself in a land and manage to get a visa to stay even though it was dependent on my job. Long story, short, I stayed for 12 years! I met other Black people from the US and other places that were there grinding who had not been in the military. I eventually came back to the US but have not felt that any of my experiences have been helpful in getting reestablished here. After 4 years, I moved to Spain 6 months ago to set up a business. I am back in SC now, and looking to make my next move.

Great discussion! I'm Trinidadian who lived in America for 33 years now living in Trinidad & Tobago. Soon I'll be heading over to Thailand to make a go of it - onward and upward! :)

Great video. Im glad to see well spoken brothers engaged in a conversation that covers an array of issues that we face traveling/ living abroad. I especially appreciate your mentioning of how "black culture" is so revered but at the same time black peopler not. I witnesses different Asian, European and African ehnicities emulating our black American urban culture in a few clubs in Pattaya. I look forward to see more

Great to hear honest perspectives about real issues.

I've been catching up on your videos and I enjoy them greatly. I'm a black man who was never in the armed forces but I do love to travel. Unfortunately, I haven't been to Europe yet, but enjoyed my travels to Central America, Mexico, Asia, Canada and the Dominican Republic. I didn't experience any racism in Thailand when I was there in 2017. In fact I had the greatest time in my life and meet lots of cool people (However, I did notice that a lot of the old British ex-pats were kind of stand-offish ) Great video.

I'm in Rayong brothers! I left the D.C/Baltimore area a little over a year ago. I'm a vet too!

I really enjoyed this discussion, great job brotha's

I enjoyed this conversation. Related to so much of it. Coming from Barbados to Toronto and my parents never travelled anywhere else except back to Barbados. Met my Filipina wife here and between her and work my travel adventure began. Travelling is one of the best educations you can get. It lets you understand other people's perspective. Every culture is different and a learning experience.

Thanks for remembering us Jamaicans... I was born and raised in Toronto and spent all of my holidays in the Bronx and one trip to Fort Lauderdale as a child to see family. Although we got Jamaican roots, most of my family live in the US. World travel has always been a dream of mine since I was a child. Now I am teaching in UAE and just beginning to live out this travel dream (I just recently went to London for the first time and met family out there). I am trying to find out more about the experiences of Black people living in southeast Asia. I am wondering about where women get their hair done. Thanks for doing this video.

Great discussion!

you don't know how happy i was when I came across your video. I came across some Thai movies ok now KZfaq last year and fell in love with Thailand and Thai culture. since then I've been planning to visit Thailand but I must admit I had apprehensions​ as to how thai's would treat black people. after watching this Obama definately coming to Thailand

Great video. I was able to watch the whole thing. How to start a black international travel movement?

Love finding this online. I'm from Brooklyn NYC who have lived all over the world without the military since 1993. I would love to link up with brother like yourselves. I'm curently in Hua Hin but can link up as I my be moving to Bangkok.

Nice to see brothers out here

Thanks for the video I'm a Black American expat who's lived in Sweden for almost 14 years now and I've come across similar problems to what you all expressed.

Good videos.. thanks!!

I am a black Englishman with West Indian parentage, and have been living in Thailand for 14 years. I speak fluent Thai and live just outside Pattaya, we should meet up for a beer when I return from the UK.

Excellent video

I like your video I can learn the view of everyone about Thailand.

Never say never and there is no place like home . Great interview .

good stuff. Living down here in Cha am Hua Hin. From NC.

This was actually super interesting to me, because all of the time people have joked that I haven't had the "normative Black" experience. Which is probably true, because I myself am mixed with Japanese. So, from a very young age travel has always been apart of my life. I've been visiting my family in Tokyo/Yokohama for ages, and and I've been to several countries in Western Europe/The Caribbean for leisure. I've always understood the general reservation amongst Blacks to travel abroad in fears of racism, but everywhere I've gone I can honestly say is FAR less prejudice than the US - and I'm a Bay Area native lol. Hearing your guys' perspectives on how travel just wasn't normalized growing up was actually super enlightening to me, because it actually made me realize how much of a deficit in general exposure there is amongst our community. Haha the only time I've felt a little odd abroad was in Seoul. Not Seoul as a whole, just a group of Chinese tourists stopped me to take a photo with me because I guess they had never seen a Black person before. Wasn't malicious though. Got a kick out of it. Would've loved to known whose Instagram that ended up on. Great video though!

Alright brothers good see you guys come together on KZfaq

I came across this video by accident. I loved it! Guys, well done. You're right, getting past the mental block to travel for some of us isn't easy. Culture in America doesn't encourage it, so our world view is limited. Thailand seems to be very affordable, with cost being near next to nothing when comparing U.S. dollars to their Bahts. This would make a great Netflix series, "Life for Black people outside of the United States, A Reality Take on Life" Maybe a few interviews with locals from the topic country (maybe 6 country series), etc. Since I haven't travel much, I'd be the wrong host but one of you could pull it off. I could help with the graphics though!

Thank you, for sharing.

i live in Chiang mai. I've been watching this video for 20 minutes. I had to press the like button. btw i'm not in the military

3:00 ayeeee i work 10 minutes away from Kisissmmee , Florida (Orlando) 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

I'm glad you guys put together this video. Good to see more people like me living this life style. I'm black and korean myself...Thailand is the first country that I would be traveling to. Racism and all that other shit was a concern for me. I'm glad that I am finally able to get info directly from the source.

Love the video! I'm so ready to break away but I need to get a better understanding of what it takes to become an ex-pat. African american male with tech skills, what is the social norms in Thailand? What business opportunities are in Thailand? What hurdles are there in Thailand for African american males?

great video

thanks for the information

Very cool video man. I am curious what are the key take aways you have learned either about yourself or the US' perception during your life/travel abroad? For example, do you prefer being an expat or would ever relocate back to the US as a home base?

This is awesome discussion as American Expats in Bangkok. I'm interested to hear more on the guy who has married to local woman and father to a child, what language do you speak to your kid and does your wife speak Thai at home. Reason why is I'm married to a Vietnamese girl, now we have a 2 month old boy but my wife only speaks Vietnamese to him while I can only speak English/Thai. Also, will you claim citizenship for your child, i.e. ours has 2 nationalities (Thai/Vietnam).

Great Vid

Great video! Yes, I'm prior-service military and have done alot of traveling just as you guys. I'm also from Washington DC (SE) like the Brother in the middle. I'm negotiating a position to come to Bangkok and would consider it an honor to meet one or, maybe, all you guys to get spun-up on how to negotiate Thailand. I am married and would definitely be looking to bring my Wife and son (5 yrs old) to Bangkok. I'm subscribing and will look forward to more of your videos. This vid was awesome, and thanks for thinking outside the box.

Well done 👌✨🔥🔥🔥

Hi and thank you for this video. I'm an American and I married a Thai immigrant here in the States, but we're very seriously considering retiring in Thailand. Neither of us are black, we're both ethnically Chinese men, but I do find it valuable to hear the experiences of US ex pats who've immigrated to Thailand. The legality of our marriage there is a whole other issue.

ok I saw the whole episode now. I enjoyed it and I hope you do more roundtables like this in the future. I'm a Gen X guy who is still in the states due to having a great job that I enjoy and I'm earning really good money. My plan is to retire in Bangkok once my investments kick off enough money to afford me a lifestyle that I would be happy with. Hope you all reach your goals and enjoy your lives. and maybe hope to run into you in Bangkok :)

I’m thinking about moving to Thailand after I join the army(soon) I’m Africa America and from NC. Any advice besides what was in the video ?

I was alone when it came to travel back then everyone would say i am going with you next year but of course next year would never come

I'm about to visit in next couple of months. Would you stay downtown. Bangkok, Nana district..... Im going solo ( everyone wants to go until its time to pay up) ha ha

hi good informative video as usual i am thinking of thailand is it best to book a package deal or just the flights then book accommodation independently. thanks for any recommendations. .

The Jamaican desecendant guy is right about Jamaicans. Many like to travel to places in Canda and America. Many travel to where family lives. And many Jamicans whose have parents from different countries would do and visit that country. And it is true. I have met Jamaicans who have close family memebers moved to those places and still hvave not visit them. Lucky for me I have some family who moved to Europe. So managed to travel there once in awhile to visit them.

I love Thailand but I must admit this is a valid point

Great discussion and topic. These taboo subjects have to be discussed openly and honestly by those most effected in order to help raise everybody's level of consciousness. Otherwise, we all stay a bit dumber and more ignorant. Impressed with your blog and channel.

good stuff lol Making the transition soon... Chiang Mai

I'm a Jamaican-born American and I travel and live all over the world. Been traveling for 4 years straight. I'm also from New York and grew up there most of my life. I'm currently living in South East Asia-- Bali to be specific. So you ain't alone. Hit me up if you want to connect.

Great video ! Do the interviewees have Instagram pages ?

Great Video discussion Brotha Nomad. As a Nigerian-American from LA Ole Boi in the Dark Blue Jeans was a Fool for the Nigerian jokes..lol. But Seriously this Discussion has motivated me even more to Travel to Thailand. One of my Bros/Homies whose African-American Has been out there Several times (Mostly Bangkok) and LOVES it out there. He's told me some stories about the Solid Accommodations out there for Tourists and the High Level of Cooperation Thai Women seem to show towards American Black Men. My Major issue as Highlighted within the Discussion is The 'Highly Negative perception' that The Thai people ESP the Police seem to have towards 'African Looking' people especially Nigerians due to their involvement in the Illegal trades of that country. Are there certain Cities within the Country or Certain areas within Bangkok that I need to be Mindful of being that I have a Darker complexion than you & that I'm also of Nigerian descent even as an American? Appreciate your Advice & Feedback.

Fear is the biggest thing that keeps most people, including my family, from traveling abroad. They believe the media or they let someone else’s bad experience dictate their opinion. When I went abroad for 9 months, my family was afraid. And interestingly, it was during the time when black men in America were getting shot quite often by police officers. They were afraid for me smh. I was way more safe where I was abroad than they were, in America. Great video guys. It’s great to see black people traveling and not allowing fear to keep them from exploring the world.

Could you do a video on how to finance your overseas travels. My dad was in the military so i was born into the travel life. I also served for 14 yrs so my whole life has been traveling. I have already setup finances so i can live overseas indefinitely. Passive income. Some guys who move overseas do some extremely poor planning and crash and burn within a few years or less.

A lot of black people haven't even been out of their neighborhoods, worse yet have a passport.

Good video man. I plan to visit Thailand in April.

come on up to khon kaen if you guys are still in thailand, i will show ya around, from one vet to another

Do you guys still live in Thailand? I’m a Jamaican born, American living in Florida. But I’m really interested in the Thai lifestyle! I’m a little older than you gents but would love to move to an area in Thailand that’s multicultural but not big city. Hope to get some feedback. Thanks.

Good to see you guys doin it outside the US. I will become an ex pat myself in the future. I've lived abroad in the military and visited many countries since I retired from the US Army. Barcelona will be the place for me but until then I will keep visiting every country I can to experience all the different cultures. Thanks for the information you guys provide and the honesty behind it. I will be visiting Thailand next year and will be looking to you guys for some advice. Again you provide a great service for those of us who inspire to live abroad.

GOOD VIDEO SUBSCRIBED

I don't know about Thailand but there are a little bit more Jamaican in China because of the economic exchange that is taking place there. Just FYI.

I know I'm mad late but I'm just looking into this lifestyle now. I'm glad you made this video because honestly I was/am a little scared. I'm a product of that black bubble thinking too. Nobody in my family travels outside of maybe the Caribbean or to different states in the US . When I decided to move to Boise I was told not to because "it's racist" and "they don't like black people there" luckily I took a trip to Boise for a week and instantly fell in love. I'm trying to do the same and trying to get in that digital nomad state of mind, but I don't know how people outside of America respond to blackness and black people. Thanks again because this video give me at least a little window into seeing this lifestyle and what to expect. Definitely subscribing.

So what are their websites and social media handles? How can we keep up with them during their travels?

Im coming out there soon

As a black American male who lived in Japan and Hong Kong for almost a decade, I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Subscribed!

I think this is an issue because of how our jobs are structured with minimal vacation. Most other countries works are given holiday with 30 days off a year not just the standard 2 weeks vacation in American.

What do you do about healthcare while you’re away? Cash? Is it easy to access healthcare? Is there a language providers with the healthcare providers?

i like the talk spacial the guy in the blue jeans it keep it real .

So if youre in a shopping mall in Thailand and a woman is screaming that some guy just stole her purse, are the cops gonna automatically assume it was you or are they gonna immediately think it was a Thai Guy?

are apartments easy to get in bangkok like they are in chiang mai?

i’m so late lol i’m about to relocate this year fam.

I’m so sorry about that bad feeling:( I just want you to know not every Thai peoples being racist just some of them, and they’re stupid plz forgive them😃 I have been study English with Jamaica teacher before tbh that teacher is very nice and kind(He give candy to students who answer the question)😋 he always have a good content to tech student, and his accent is better than my new teacher who’s Caucasian people. I’m Thai students in grade5. Hope you understand what im try to say, forgive me im still learning English😂

I really enjoyed watching your interview, you guy were great expressing your honest feelings and thoughts about Thailand, what is it like for African american women living there, because i am thinking of a nice place where is inexpensive to live without Racism, tell me you honest mind.

Thinking about the stuff you guys were saying about Nigerians in Thailand.... My husband is from Ghana. Do you a Ghanaian would find living in Thailand particularly unpleasant given that there is a certain perception of African men?