“Seeking Answers In The U.S.S.R.: I had never visited a Communist country or a former Communist country. I had no idea what to expect in Russia. For the past 15 years I had lived in a culture simply where, simply because of my skin color, I was automatically identified as an outsider. Oddly, I felt inconspicuous in Moscow as I did in Nairobi or Mogadishu. My differentness struck me the moment I exited the plane. …”~Nik Ripken