The Detroit Travel Story Is Starting to Get Rewritten by the Black Travel Movement

Mainstream travel media, which has historically been led by white journalists writing for white travelers, has mostly defined Detroit’s travel story. But the Black Travel Movement could change that narrative for what’s arguably the blackest city in America. “In a lot of ways [Detroit’s decline] affected the black community more than others,” said Evita Robinson, founder of Nomadness Travel Tribe, a black travel community. “There’s a personal element to a visit to a city like Detroit for a group like Nomadness or others that are part of the Black Travel Movement. It’s more personal for us, because it’s affected us personally.” Nomadness, which has more than 15,000 members, will hold its seventh annual barbecue in Detroit on July 28, but it isn't hosting it there for the same reasons that mainstream travel media hail the city as an up-and-coming destination. “We’re doing it for us by us,” Robinson said. Mainstream Travel’s Detroit According to main