A 25-year-old Phitsanulok woman said she wanted to provoke a discussion about white privilege when she called out a British influencer adored by a million-plus fans across Thailand.
So she posted to an online clearinghouse for taboo topics, she said in an interview last night, to express her not-terribly controversial opinion that white men can readily find success in Thailand that would be out of reach to them back home.
The example she held up of this was YouTuber Jack Brown, who’s leveraged impeccable Thai-speaking ability and a devoted and wholesome image into a large and lucrative following over the past decade as “Jack Dek Farang.”
Later this month, Fifi – her nickname – is due in court to answer a criminal complaint filed by Brown accusing her of defaming him. Brown said yesterday that he’s standing up to a bully.
“I’m defending myself,” he…
