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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Captiva Island, specifically South Seas resort. It was just OK and it was also ALL white, no diversity. All of Sanibel/Captiva was. Never again.[/quote]

This is the weirdest vacation criteria ever.  Nice weather - check, nice beaches - check, nice accommodations - check,  good food - check, convenient to fly in/out - check, good value - check.  Not enough diversity?  Oh, then I guess we won't go there.  I've been to beaches all over the world, and I've got news for you, it's ALWAYS mostly white people.[/quote]

[b]Aren't you privileged. It makes people uncomfortable to be the only minority in a vacation destination, as if we can't relaxed. Plus, you must lead a very sheltered life if you only vacation where it is only mostly white people[/b].[/quote]

I’m the South Seas PP who didn’t like it. Yes, this. I’m actually white but my DH and kids are not. People stared and were not overly friendly. The not-overly-friendly part isn’t a big deal, we live in the DC metro so we are used to that. But we literally saw ONE black family and one Asian family the whole week we were there. So while it’s not like people were overtly rude or racist, DH felt uncomfortable as as “only,” which I understand as I’ve been in reverse situations with him where I’m the only white person, so I get it.

Besides that, I think I’m just not a fan of the Gulf side of Florida. We went in the summer so the water was like bath water. The food on the island wasn’t very good. The accommodations were just OK, nothing special. It wasn’t like it was the worst vacation ever or anything, but we had never been and we had high hopes. YMMV.[/quote]

I'm not singling you out specifically because I want people to do what they're comfortable with and go where they're comfortable. But there is a certain irony involved here. I'm white but I regularly travel to remote, out of way places in distant countries where I'm often the only white person around or one of very few white tourists and yes I can get stared and yes quite often people will attempt to fleece me because they think I'm a rich white tourist, at but I shrug at it. Being outside the comfort zone teaches one about dealing with the world and a range of people and you also soon learn the difference between being overly self-conscious and the actual reality of your context.

Many regions of the US are still heavily white and people of different color, especially non AA heritage, are still a novelty. But there's no point criticizing or judging people based on that. After all, even you admitted people weren't rude or racist. If you were self-conscious, it was your problem, not theirs. [/quote]

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