Except it’s not an edge case. As a person of color, I can tell you that my everyday life experiences are gonna be vastly different.

These are not edge cases, but our every day, real life experiences.

And people of color.

Is that really true? Would a black man be able to receive this type of kindness 100 years ago?

So, 1926? My feeling is: probably, from some white people. And, these areas had non-white people. The GP said Midwest, so we can think of the region roughly from Indiana to Nebraska, and North to the border. While there were "sundown towns" in those areas, where racists banded together to keep black people out of the town after dark, there were also people outside those towns with diverse beliefs and attitudes towards black people. In that region, the harshest laws regarding race were probably in Missouri. In any event, a black man was probably at greater risk than a white man of suffering an attack by a stranger, but I would expect there also would be people of all races willing to extend hospitality.

Outside of America, sure.

He basically thinks he’s the main character, and other people around him are NPCs.

He sounds like a “begpacker.”

Reading this makes me think badly about the author. Taking from those less fortunate is horrible.

If you are rich enough to travel to a poor country, please don’t exploit the people by taking more from them.

Imagine the good he could have done if he actually paid people back! He could've bought a cart of food for the family generous enough to share their last can of meat. He could have spotted a generous driver with a full tank of gas right at the end of the trip.

They also said they spent a total of $500 over a full year of traveling, I don't think those actions would be an option.