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When study abroad becomes poverty tourism

I studied abroad in Guatemala for a semester and came back calling it life-changing but I know I was just a tourist in their poverty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Temporary exposure to inequality can create false intimacy with suffering that serves personal growth rather than justice.

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“Where Are You with Colonialism and persistent wealth inequality?”

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