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Today's Stamp: Black Ski Summit, Sun Valley Idaho

Who says we don't? For years I have heard the phrase "Black Folks don't…..", insert whatever sport other than basketball or American football. In previous stories for Brown Passport, I showed African Americans surfing, camping, traveling, and scuba diving. In this story, we address the stereotype 'black folks don't ski.'

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Today's Stamp: "Returning to the Motherland", NABS Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

“All of YOU dive?…and you’re all black?….I’ve been here for years….we have Germans come we have Russians come,we have all different kind of Europeans come that do things, but nobody came like you guys did and showed that much excellence…..I just want to hold you”…….

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Today's Stamp: The Oneness of Humanity, at the Baha'i House of Worship, Wilmette, IL USA

Spring 2019, as Holy week for christians and Passover celebrated back to back, we hear grave news of yet another terrorist attack. This time, on churches in Sri Lanka as families gather to celebrate Easter. Will this fighting and suffering ever end? Is there a place where we can all come together as one?

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Today's Stamp: “…I’m extra special…” in Thailand: Chiang Mai

…..one guy at the hotel was like “BIGGIE” and he started singing Biggie lines to me, and so I was like….‘baby baby’…..

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Today's Stamp: 1st time in Brasil
 ".....to my surprise in city of Salvador.....perhaps the most 'Afro-Brazilian' of all cities in Brasil... we were the ONLY blacks sitting at a table in an extremely crowded (LARGE) restaurant.  The only other 'brown' people in the entire place were the servers......"
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Samantha Isom