Coming to America

Brillant essay on race in America - an African take on life on US campuses from the Bullets & Honey blog that I found through the website of Kenya's literary magazine Kwani:
It's called Friendly Advice to the African Headed to Liberal Arts College America. There's a chapter on sexual frustrations in the land of Puritans called 'The Drought': "The Drought will lead you down several wrong paths. It will make you believe for instance that the slow-nodding liberal girl from a small town in California is about to give you action. Nothing could be further from the truth, she is likely of the opinion that you are a diseased pet placed on campus for her entertainment." And it teaches how to use racial stereotypes to one's advantage: "You must do occasional writerly huffs and adopt a few eccentricities. Walking barefoot on a snowy day for example will go a long way to excusing your every absence from collegial gatherings."