'My Skin Is The Greatest Sin I Could Have' — A Black Woman in Asia | BEST OF

She got told her skin was "the greatest sin" she could have. 😳 Asian schools refused to hire her. Modeling agencies offered her $150 while white girls got $1,500. Strangers DM'd her "go back to Africa with your black self." Her response? She built an empire anyway. 🎤⬇️ In this BEST-OF cut of 'Babes, How Did You Get Here?', April Jackson sits down with Abigail — a Trinidad & Tobago educator who Googled "easiest place to get a job in Asia," booked a one-way flight to Cambodia at 23, and built a life in a country where nobody knows Jamaica exists, Bob Marley is "young people's music," and being dark-skinned literally costs you 10x less. 🇹🇹🇰🇭 This is the unfiltered cut — only the moments that made us pause, gasp, and replay. No fluff. No filler. Just the raw truth about being a Black woman in Asia. ⚡ — 🔥 What you'll see in this best-of: 🚫 Being told "no school in China will hire you, you're black" — straight to her face 💸 The modeling agency that priced her at $150 while white girls got $1,500 — for the same "job" 😡 The racist DM "go back to Africa" — and her LEGENDARY clapback 🎤 Her brutal response to a US immigration officer who wouldn't stop questioning her 🌑 Colorism in Asia: bleaching billboards, "cover up or you'll get darker" ✈️ The 3-day journey from Cambodia to Trinidad — because $3,000 flights weren't an option 🇹🇹 Building a name for Trinidad in a country that thought it was an African nation 👩‍🏫 Teaching kids from 4 different countries who speak ZERO English (and somehow making it work) 💔 The s*x industry in Cambodia: cards slipped under hotel doors within 20 minutes of arrival — ⚠️ FAIR WARNING: this episode is uncensored. She doesn't sugarcoat what it's like to be a Black Caribbean woman in Southeast Asia. Some viewers will be uncomfortable. Good. That's the point. — 💬 TELL US IN THE COMMENTS: Would YOU have accepted the $150 "hostess job"? Was Abigail too aggressive with the racists in her DMs — or exactly right? Drop your honest take 👇 We read every single one. 🔁 Share this with someone who needs to hear that you don't have to accept less than you deserve. — 🎧 About the show — "Babes, How Did You Get Here?" Hosted by entrepreneur & former Miss Jamaica April Jackson, this podcast dives into the raw, unfiltered stories of women who left the script — swapping comfort for courage, and choosing a life "elsewhere." 🔔 New episodes every week from around the world. — 📌 Watch the FULL uncensored interview here: 👉 https://youtu.be/It2Y2VDnRG8?si=24cPGGnRVRbARVsV — ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS — Best Of moments: Chapters 00:00:00 From Trinidad to Cambodia in one Google search 00:01:42 Telling her family "I'm leaving — indefinitely" 00:02:53 Visa nightmares: border denials & Bangkok runs 00:05:04 The Cambodian woman who didn't believe Trinidad existed 00:05:45 Fighting at the Thai embassy: "Which African country?" 00:07:29 The 3-day journey from Cambodia to Trinidad 00:09:22 Disrespected at her own country's immigration 00:10:31 Her bag pack home after 2 years 7 months away 00:14:32 Why some kids LIKE being punished in the corner 00:17:08 Why she'll never teach kindergarten again 00:19:46 Drop them in China for a year — the language hack 00:21:27 "My skin is the greatest sin I could have" 00:24:53 The viral comment: "Go back to Africa with your black self" 00:26:10 Cards slipped under her hotel door within 20 minutes 00:27:21 Why so many Cambodian women have no other options — #BestOf #AprilJackson #BlackInAsia #Colorism #CambodiaLiving #TeachingAbroad #ExpatLife #BlackWomenAbroad #TrinidadAndTobago #Caribbean #Racism #Clapback #Savage #BlackGirlMagic #HonestConversations #BlackExcellence #WomenWhoTravel #LifeInAsia #PhnomPenh #ContentCreator #ExpatWoman #StandingUpForYourself #KnowYourWorth #DigitalNomad #howdidyougethere