The Challenges of a Black Man Living in Thailand 

Excellent interview. The lesson here is go where you're treated best. Life's too short.

This is the main reason why I want to move back to Thailand. As an American, it sucks living here now.

Great interview Forest!!! You allowed him to speak and express himself while directing the conversation. Great answers to Great questions. I hope there is a part 2 and if not, can't wait to see your next video!!

This was a great interview Forrest! Your friend is a cool dude and has a great and positive energy!

I've been following you Forrest since summer/fall of 2021. Kinda fallen off my youtube radar for a minute. Today, I'm kinda going through a mini-binge catch up. The algo gave me the Jenny Thai Swede interview , and now this interview with Eric. Both were great. Keep pushing!

This was an wonderfully interesting interview. Really enjoyed your guest's perspective. Good job and keep up the good work.

Loved this interview!!! Thank you

That was a great interview! Very informative.

So much wisdom and insight here. Bravo, this is a great perspective to share 👏🙏

One of the best interviews I have seen so far. Thank you

Your interviews are so informative not to say that your other videos are not as good. Your Interviews…this is your Apex my brother. Thanks

Inspirational. Two absolute legends

Great interview/conversation!

Great interview, respect to both

This is the best one on one interview from a man of color living in Thailand so far. Well done 👍🏿 👍🏿🙏🏿

I didnt know of Erick but from this video he seems like a great chap, awesome mindset and i think if we can we should all try lead more with positivity because everything and everywhere in world you only can get what you put into it 💜

Great interview. Putting visiting this place on my list now. Thanks for sharing.

I can appreciate so much of what was discussed here - being a "mixed ethnicity" person married to a Thai. I'm glad to see such an upbeat and positive conversation. I'd been so sure it wasn't possible anymore 😎👍🏽 Thank you so much for your work here 🙏🏽

Great interview. Loved it sending love from Cambodia

Thank you for this great insightful interview, Erick and Forrest! :)🧡

Great interview, great dude.

Excellent interview and a Wealth Of Informative Facts , about living in thailand and traveling the world ! You probably won't remember me but I met you Mr Lee back mid May walking through LK metro area I stop you for only second to say I appreciate your channel and I say it again . THANKS STAY ON THE EDGE !

I absolutely loved this interview, articulate, open, upbeat and relevant for pretty much everyone. I knew a handful of black guys in the late 70s who stayed on after the Vietnam era and they had interesting stories but later there seemed to be fewer in Bangkok so it was interesting to hear an uptodated story. I lived in Bangkok for 30 years before moving to Chiang Rai and I can relate to everything he feels about Bangkok. I tried to approach Thailand as a "foreigner" and not as a white guy or American. Put out the right energy, speak the language and understand the people and culture, and the whole identity issue fades into insignificance. We are all just foreigners in a foreign land and what a great place to live. My only gripe with you Forest is that you never interact with your viewers and never respond to comments.

Very interesting interview!

Great vlog. Nice meeting the prince.

I'm glad you covered this.

Absolutely fantastic interview.

I am happy every time that people feel that Thailand is home. I am the 3rd generation whose ancestors immigrated to this country. It's been like this for a long time, it's a melting pot of races and will always be. We are multicultural, a culture of reconciliation. Welcome to the Thailand family.

Very good video bruh! You got a new follower.

2 of my favorite vloggers right here. Great episode - I've been a Minority Nomad fan/subscriber for years - awesome - he is a great source of international travel experience and information.

Thanks for this video!

I’ll be there Oct 11th. Can’t wait

This was a great interview. I'm watching from Somalia.

Great interview! 😀👍🏿

Dope interview.

Very nice piece.......I travel to Thailand regluarly if I run across you Gentleman I will be sure to say hello, thank you for the relevant info you provide.

The way he talks about the U.S. while it hurts my feelings it is both true and the reason, I am leaving the US for the Philippines or Thailand. So hard for me to choose between those two.

great interview! Please do a follow up on this and bring some some more interesting topics

Great interview

Another great conversation.

Hi Forrest! Watched your interview on Thairish channel and must say that I really admire your personality!! Was so happy to learn you also have a channel so I subscribed right away! Thank you for being such an honest, straight forward, intelligent, genuine and solid well rounded person! Lots of respect from Canada!

Very interesting talk my friend. Thanks.

Great interview, this dude is mad cool

Great intervju ,tank you

You see black and yellow...I see Americans.

Bro is keeping it real 😀

This was a good interview thank you for sharing this message😎💪🏾 keep up the awesome work

Great video!

Love how authentic he is!~ great video!!

Good video...im heading back to bkk....not been in 8 years. I guess it changes a lot

thank you for this great conversation ❤I’m Thai leaving USA 34+years will go Thailand DEC soon coming thank you ❤😂

Great video

Thanks for the Interview Forrest. Always a good time chopping it up with you brother. We gotta do it again. If anyone has any questions I'm easy to find. Here or on IG.

Great content.

great convo

Big ups 💪🏾 east Cleveland.

What an amazing american man so smart well spoken with a good head on his shoulders.

awesome interview with the Army guy .....I am retired 63 year old looking to retire to thailand would love to get more information or advice . Thank you for your service.

This was the best interview on your channel that I love. He was very straight forward and real. All that he said was true I travel abroad alot, and I never have any issues. I waa weary of coming to Thailand but I am getting over it. I would like to contact him and get some more information if possible?

very well done!

Interesting interview. I liked hearing your observations about racism in America vs the way people treat you abroad. I’ve met Eric several times at a Bangkok expat hangout. Great guy with a lot of energy.

omg at 28:00 talk about total shock! lol! awesome!

Nice video :) After Tim gone... Thaiger vibe has changed a lot.

Good interview from a couple of military vets. And right on time. I’m headed to Koh Samui in a couple months!

wow what a cool interview

Mr. Lee. This was the first vlog I saw on your site. It was compelling and insightful. Mr. Prince was straight to the point and gave me more insightful information for me, an African-American male, than all the other sites that frankly "sugar-coated" the black experience in Thailand, or generally Asia. I just subscribed to your site and will also subscribe to Mr. Prince. I'm retiring in five years. Bangkok, along with Baguio City, Philippines, and Panama City, Panama, are the three places I plan to travel to before settling in my chosen location. Keep up the excellent work. Peace.

Hell yeah!

Probably one of your best interviews Forest. Fantastic. Also, is there a rave going on inside the camera? Haha

Interesting conversation. This vlog popped up out of nowhere. If you think that Bangkok wasn't sterile back a decade ago, imagine how non-sterile it was back in the late 1990s which is when I first started going to Bangkok almost annually and solo. It was before there was either a skytrain system or a subway system. A hot mess, but a beautiful chaotic hot mess. LOL! I was last in Bangkok on my 2019/2020 trip. I hope to get back as I miss it a lot. Back around 1999 or 2000, I remember my taxi pulling up to my hotel on Rajadamri Road, around midnight to drop me off, and a man with an elephant was walking his elephant down busy Rajadamri Road. There was all kinds of cray cray back then. The hotel concierge and I were talking about it around 6 years ago as he was retiring, after 50 years of service, and we were going through humorous memories of Bangkok's past. When I first got to Bangkok, I also felt comfortable there. But, then again, I had been used to being around Thais as L.A. has the largest population of Thais living outside of Thailand. I've been around Thais since a teen and I'm in my mid-60s. It seemed natural even though being in Thailand was chaotic at first. Bangkok either stimulates the brain or wears it out. But, when I need rest from it all, I head to Penang. As for the African American vs African situation of treatment, I agree there can be a difference in treatment. I've seen situations of Africans treated differently in places around the world. But, by showing a U.S. passport, many times I was just flagged through in places overseas whereas Africans were detained. And there were also non-passport situations that I have observed over the decades. As far as racism in travel, racism can be found anywhere. But, it's about how one deals with it when it happens as opposed to whether or not it will happen. And how one deals with it, depends on one's mindset. I've seen and experienced a lot of stuff over almost 5 decades of regular overseas travel, both with racism and sexism. I started traveling overseas solo as a teen in the early 1970s. As for police shakedowns in Bangkok, I never had to deal with that situation, but there were a lot of folks who did. And I agree with the Thonglor area. I canceled a short-term rental on one trip when it got really bad in Thonglor with foreigner/tourist shakedowns, around 2011 or 2012, I think it was. The situation ended up in the Bangkok Post and also on travel forums in discussions as people who had experienced it were reporting it.On that trip, I got a rental in my regular neighborhood. No problems. The only times I've been in Thonglor are with my Thai friend, born and raised in Bangkok. Greetings from Los Angeles

Great interview!! Loved the brotha’s whole mindset and vibe 👏🏾🫡

Brilliant interview. Very informative and concise. Very interesting dude!!!

"when people are angry, they're stupid". You summed it up perfectly brother! especially when they are armed!

Digital nomad is only a solid means of employment here in Thailand if you can get a work permit. So, teaching English just to get a work permit is a smart way to go. Note that I have lived here for over a decade and I know of very few people who have ever gotten in trouble for working without a work permit.

He’s speaking the truth!

Great interview.. uneasy camera

Thank you both for your service, from your brother at arms and soon to be expat. Great interview much appreciated

Thanks!

My bro Minority nomad always keeps it real! Good job on the interview, always enjoy hearing your interesting perspective. I need to get out of the US! 🤣

'Great interview Forrest. Great to see two veterans thriving in the passion and calling. I appreciate Eric's perspective and candor. Straight forward. I love photography as an art form so that is cool! Keep the great content coming Forrest! Agape! Sam Alix, Veteran, Texas PS Going to Thailand next year to scout

Nice interview and one of the best I’ve seen. Biggest issue and the source of all the problems is poor / bad mental health. A person with good mental health is not angry and does positive things , not negative.

Great interview, but I have to disagree with the part about the USA being the most racist country in the world. Thing is in a lot of Asian countries, especially Thailand.. the locals will smile to your face, but behind your back will say all kinds of racist things about you. Would you ever see a shop or night club in the USA, with a sign on the door saying, “No blacks” or “No foreigners”?

I and my family just arrived in Pattaya 14 days ago and am excited to make Thailand my home. Look forward to meeting you guys to hear your thoughts on successful living here in the Land of Smiles.

Great interview Erick, thanks for sharing your experiences. America has devolved enormously over the past few decades and frankly, I have no intention of ever going back there. Ignore the negative comments here which clearly betray a lack of international experience and general naivety. I left Thailand the year you arrived but am looking to move back there at some stage. I've been around the world a hundred times but Thailand (specifically BKK) is the place that keeps calling to me. Maybe our paths will cross in the future and if they do it'd be my pleasure to shout you a beer. All the best.

this is so true

thankz cool. good talk. importen. nice. onelove.from a black man in denmark. 😃

WOW I loved this video. The energy of both you men is phenomenal. Very informative. Sincerely appreciate it

Intresting guy seems very good natured. I would like to see his his video about what soured him about living in America. We can all guess what happened specially if he has been away for so long. But its great that he can choose to live where hes most comfortable. The world is usually not so kind.

Great interview.... culture of negativity.... so correct! If you're marginalized you'll stay there easier than you can change it

Amazing interview but please fix your camera focusing next time 🙏

NOW, it's time for black FEMALE perspectives?

Yes I agree with the comments, the best interview by far. I've subscribed to his channel

Great interview. I can't agree more about US vs Thailand. I always feel more at peace in the land of smiles.

Yeah great video, love this one !

Use the manual focus next time bro :)

Thanks for posting this conversation. This is how it should be. I'm sure you don't subscribe to some of his views but that doesn't mean you guys can't be friends with each other. I didn't agree with everything he said. I wish he would have explained why he things America is the most racist country. The media fans the flames of division and racism but I rarely if ever encounter direct racism in the US.

Great interview Forest. Moving to Thailand Saturday

Leave the world better than you found it. Love it and so spot on!

15:40 THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW!! 🤣🤣🤣 I’m 39 going on 40 this Dec and I’m dedicating the next 2 - 3 years to saving as much money as possible then flying my ass out with middle fingers up in the air as I leave the country. I’m tired of the racism, the hate, the unnecessary culture wars and the constant feeling of anger every time I turn on the news or open my social media. Ok enough of my ranting, just in a mood lol. Awesome interview…definitely convincing me to visit Thailand at the very least.

Great interview, but PLEASE Forest turn OFF autofocus and use manual focus. Super distracting.

this guy is as real as it gets, i like his attitude. he is an American aboard but black in usa. well said