Josh Fink is a Canadian tour guide and business owner who has spent almost 15 years living and working in Central and South America. He recently moved from Costa Rica to Colombia to continue living out his passion. Currently nestled up in the colorful Andean village of Guatape and soon heading over to the Caribbean beach town of Palomino, Josh talks about his life on the road, the tourism industry, and what’s in store for him next.

Laila is joined by Myriam, Chris, and Danicia to discuss personal experiences and thoughts surrounding racial preferences and biases when dating and choosing romantic partners.

Below is a collection of online resources reviewed by the group before the discussion took place.

· Sexual Racism: Intimacy as a Matter of Justice (The Journal of Politics)

· Invisibilia Team Takes a Deep Dive into the Science of Desire (NPR)

· Invisibilia - A Very Offensive Rom Com (NPR)

· Grindr is deleting its "ethnicity filter". But racism is still rife in online dating. (The Conversation)

· The Myth Behind Racial Dating Preferences (BU Pipe Dream)

· Are Racial Preferences in Dating Morally Defensible? (Episteme)

· The Challenges of Dating as a Black Woman (As/Is on YouTube)

· He Wanted All Black Everything, Including Me (Washington Post on YouTube)

· Race Restrictions: Just a Preference? (John Corvino on YouTube)

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