All,
Thought this might be of some interest:
The Complexity of the White Industrial Saviour Complex or The Rules of White Liberal Do-Gooder Club
This post is inspired by the whole KONY2012 debacle and in particular by Teju Cole's piece "The White Industrial Saviour Complex", which is a fairly searing indictment of those who seek to do good in far away places. A piece all the more cutting for being close to my white bones. This paragraph from his article cuts to the heart of the issue:
"there is much more to doing good work than "making a difference." There is the principle of first do no harm. There is the idea that those who are being helped ought to be consulted over the matters that concern them."
Cheers!
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