I will never understand a lot of my young peers in Europe who as students decided to do poverty travel. Those are the folks who enjoy this article about Benares.
It is comparable to looking at poor people in the zoo and celebrating yourself for it under the guise of "broadening your perspective". After 2 weeks you take your brand new Air Force sneakers into an Airbus A350 and simply fly back to wealth and convenience.
It baffles my mind but maybe that's because my SO is Filipina from a poor village who hates white assholes pretending to do something meaningful (and advertising themselves as saints on Insta of course). Imagine seeing some white moron with dreadlocks diving into your life of poverty for a week "to get the experience".
It is comparable to looking at poor people in the zoo and celebrating yourself for it under the guise of "broadening your perspective". After 2 weeks you take your brand new Air Force sneakers into an Airbus A350 and simply fly back to wealth and convenience.
It baffles my mind but maybe that's because my SO is Filipina from a poor village who hates white assholes pretending to do something meaningful (and advertising themselves as saints on Insta of course). Imagine seeing some white moron with dreadlocks diving into your life of poverty for a week "to get the experience".
The arrogance and hubris is unbelievable.