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Meet Bali Karen, a White Woman Who Feels Above The Law

They feel entitled

Napoleon Beltran

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2 min readMar 25

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Meet Bali Karen, a white woman who feels above the law — Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-gray-tank-top-3812739/

There are over 100,000 foreigners in Bali, Indonesia.

Eat. Pray. Love. A lot of white women think they can have the same experience as Elizabeth Gilbert or Julia Roberts who played Elizabeth in the movie adaptation.

Napoleon Beltran

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Half-century young, ex-cruise snapper turned scribe. Dog-dad to Phi Phi & Crocker. Manila born, 80 countries richer, Universe speck. Still can't find my glasses

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