This article examines study abroad personnel's rationale that Black and Latinx students participate in study abroad at a lower rate than their white peers. This article argues that this over-30-year-old rationale should be discontinued to achieve equitable study abroad participation for Black and Latinx students. The author introduces critical race theory as a theoretical lens for study abroad personnel to examine how the internal discourse of racial cultural differences among study abroad personnel is historically linked to pervasive racialized deficit mindsets about Black and Latinx students' achievement. The author reviews existing study abroad scholarship on Black and Latinx student participation to establish a foundation for how the rationale originated and uses critical race theory storytelling as a methodological framework to critique the lower participation rationale. Through this approach, the author advances emergent insights for study abroad personnel to be more equitable, conscious, and intentional in their advocacy for greater Black and Latinx student participation in study abroad programs.