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Tanzania: White Priviledge

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Ethnicity & Race

Being a “mzungu” (a white person in Swahili) in Tanzania goes with some privileges. Blogger Mara Gordon explains [1]: “Nobody thought twice about me waltzing in here. Because I’m a mzungu and I’m wearing business casual, the guards all smiled and offered me a friendly “Karibu;” nobody asked to see my room key or demand that I order some food from the lobby bar.”