A Black Texas couple is planning on permanently moving to Europe, citing racism and police brutality as some factors for their move outside of the United States.
Nadine and her husband Kim Dawkins of El Paso told CNN that they purchased a home in Latronico, Italy — a town in the southern region of Basilicata — in 2019 due to the low prices of the properties. The following year during the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge of anti-racism protests, they decided that they were going to leave the U.S., more specifically after the murder of George Floyd.
Floyd’s death sparked a wave of demonstrations across the world after he was killed by a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer who knelt on his neck during an arrest. A video of the incident was recorded and widely shared on social media.
“[It] showed the world how we as Black people in America have been treated for centuries,” said Nadine, a 59-year-old military veteran, per CNN.
She continued: “Basically, police brutality towards Black people, mass shootings from domestic terrorists, and just the overall hate in this country is why we are leaving the USA.”
Their new three-story abode has two bedrooms and has undergone a few simple renovations, CNN reported. They added two additional bedrooms and expanded the kitchen by adding a dining room to the space. In addition, there’s an underground cellar, and they upgraded the balconies that have panoramic views, per the report.
The duo paid nearly $47,000 for the home.
The Dawkins family members aren’t the only Black people in recent years who have decided to ditch the U.S. for overseas. Others have opted to live in places like Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, Spain and Ghana —to escape the ripple effects of racism for a better quality of life, USA Today reports.
Ghana became a popular destination following the events of 2020, resulting in an uptick of Black Americans applying for visas, CBS News reported. While…
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