This story about white expats begging in Ho Chi Minh City got me thinking. Why is it okay for a Vietnamese to beg but terrible for a white or expat to beg? This is what I call double standard played by most people from the west.
Whether white westerner, expat, or VN citizens beg, it's still begging. It doesn't matter who or which race does it.
The circumstances that lead a person to beg differ from one person to other. Maybe some of these beggar expats are conducting research to test reactions and treatments they would get from the locals and from their own expat community. Or maybe they just have real needs.
Whatever you think, know that begging is not reserved or suitable for one particular group of people. It is circumstances that lead someone to beg in Saigon streets. Of course whenever I leave my Chicago home to step in the plane, I have more than enough money on my debt card and in my pocket which is my pre-planned budget for the trip.
Here is the story. VnExpress International: Expats outraged as American man begs on Saigon streets.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/expat … 31558.html