These progressive tactics enable poor people to integrate into high-status and respectable communities, which is often not the case in Western communities.
The longer I stay in the city of Chiang Mai and integrate myself within the culture, the more I enjoy learning about the innovative and progressive aspects of the Thai culture. My social and cultural dynamics teacher emphasizes the idea that the only way to truly understand the culture is to make friends with the people and have open conversations with them. I have made many friends and aim to continue the process to obtain an even greater understanding of the people and culture.
