"East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," or so wrote the illustrious Rudyard Kipling in his 'Ballad of East and West.' With all due respect to Kipling, however, the two have indeed met, and have been dancing a complicated exchange of goods, ideas and even people for many centuries now. And this cultural exchange applies to almost all...
My name is Catherine Wong but you can call me C.W. Everyone calls me that. I was born and raised in the City of Xiamen in the Chinese Province of Fujian. Recently I moved to the City of Ottawa in the Canadian Province of Ontario. There are lots of Chinese folks in Ottawa but it's a very different world from what I'm used to. I attend the University of Ottawa...
"I am a Saudi Arabian Muslim woman who loves black men, and I don't apologize for it," Mariam Fahd said with a smirk, and she looked at the big and tall, dark-skinned and ruggedly handsome young Zulu who stood before her. Ibrahim Kwanele looked at her and shook his head. This Hijab-wearing Muslim gal from the Heartland of Islam was not what he was expecting,...
What does a White woman who's into Black men look like? I've been told quite often that I don't look like I'm "down with the brothers", whatever that means. Strange. My name is Erica Jacobsen and I'm a young woman living in the City of Ottawa, province of Ontario. I stand five feet ten inches tall, slim and fit, with long red hair and pale blue eyes. I recen...
"You're not at all what I expected," Steele said to Alexandra, and the tall, plump, blonde-haired young Caucasian woman smiled, causing her sky-blue eyes to sparkle. Not for the first time, Steele noticed that Alexandra had a nice smile, and it seemed genuine. Walmart was one hell of a place, full of backstabbing and treachery underneath the veneer of friend...
"Until the day I die, I'll fight you freaks," Abelard Adewale shouted, and the tall, burly young Nigerian man boldly swung his fist, and connected with the jawline of the pale-skinned man before him. Tall and slim, with alabaster skin and reddish brown hair, the dark-clad man did not even flinch, but instead carelessly, almost casually, took the brunt of the...
"You'll never guess where I come from," Rachel Van Boeijen said, smiling faintly. Sitting opposite her inside The Page Break, the Starbucks located inside the Carleton University library, Kinuthia "Ken" Makenga stroked his goateed chin thoughtfully. The international student from Kenya was one of the special mentors and tutors assigned to the International S...
"Goodbye! Don't worry about me too much. I can do it all by myself! I'm an adult now!" With these words Marina once again gives her parents a hearty farewell. Her mother even has tears in her eyes when she gets into the car. The father waves to her once more encouragingly from the open driver's window. With a heavy heart, Marina watches her parents...
By the time Tiffany and Joseph reached the street, they could see the big black car approaching... "Goooood," she whispered, more to herself than Joseph. He opened the door for her and let her climb in, then closed it behind her. Joseph walked around the car and said something to the driver, then got in the back seat with Tiffany who was watching him expec...
Tiffany Adams was a spoiled little rich girl, but gorgeous. She stood around 5 feet 6 inches tall with legs described as "100 miles long" by interested onlookers. Her just-short-of-shoulder-length hair was always expertly-styled by one of New York's finest. She had large slightly oversized pale blue eyes that made her look younger than her 18 years. Her cupi...