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In reply to the discussion: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' will be removed from ninth-grade required reading list in Mukilteo [View all]intheflow
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I found her description to be aligned with my understanding of what white saviorism is, based on many, many books and articles I've read over 25 years working for racial justice. She is not an "ultimate authority," she is one of an ocean of antiracist activists and scholars who have accepted this definition as a valid racial critique. I doubt you actually read my other posts because you would have seen my linked list of articles describing white saviorism, from those marginal, racist rags like The Atlantic, Sojourners, and Salon. Here are some more that you won't read so you can continue to spout uninformed opinions:
Why Hollywoods White Savior Obsession Is an Extension of Colonialism (Teen Vogue)
How 'white savior' films like 'The Help' and 'Green Book' hurt Hollywood (Business Insider)
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Help, and the Regendering of the White Savior (James Madison University)
Working through the Smog: How White Individuals Develop Critical Consciousness of White Saviorism (Merrimack College)
HHRJ Online Symposium 2012: Avoiding the Trap: Aspirations, Anxieties, and the Appropriateness of Mass-Mobilization Awareness Campaigns (Harvard Human Rights Journal)
THE VASTNESS OF WHITE SAVIOR THEMES IN WESTERN MEDIA (Northeastern University)
^^^ Definition from this article: "White Savior Complex mindset for a white person to provide help to non-white people in a self-serving manner. The role is considered a modern-day version of what is expressed in 'The White Mans Burden' by Rudyard Kipling."
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