The Holy Pilgrimage of White Enlightenment... Or How Whiteness Travels

Have you seen it? The wild, spiritual, wandering whiteness—loose in the tropics with a passport and a purpose. Smartphone in hand. Reusable water bottle. Cork yoga mat, extra thin for traveling. An eye for aesthetics, and a stomach unaccustomed to spice. It’s not hard to spot.

It’s the voice behind you that declares, “This place is so poor,” a mix of dis…