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  • Whiteness in the land of smiles

    Parker Bennett, Guest Columnist|Updated Aug 26, 2014

    I am writing to you from Uttaradit, Thailand, the land of torrential downpours, smelly durian fruit and cheerful Thai smiles. I will be here for 10 months and have just found the time to finally get my thoughts down on paper. I have been having the time of my life here made up of delicious food, beautiful places, and kind people. I arrived roughly two months ago as part of an organization called Teach Thailand Corps (TTC). This organization advertises as a foundation, where it "places American graduates in underserved Thai... Full story