#whitesaviour — Public Fediverse posts

I'm unsure why I feel cringey icky energy - when I watch some vids from a stranger - Parkrose Permaculture.
Maybe some or many of you are her fans. I can't put my finger on it. I'm just telling you, from my heartcore that I don't trust her energy & a lot of it feels like riffing off BIPOC vids/lived experiences to increase her own platform. It reeks of #WhiteSaviour energy.

Like I treat many online influencers/wannabes - I ask these questions to field out.

Are you willing to stay for bad times too, including wearing adult diapers during multiple days standoffs?
I have.

Are you willing to stay out day/night in shitty weather & not retreat to a warm hotel?
I have.

Are you willing to get tear gassed/maced/shot at - on almost daily basis - for months & lose your work incomes doing direct actions for humanity?
I have.

There is a stark difference, for almost all of us POC activists, between a #WhiteSaviour & a #WhiteComrade.

The former tries to speak for & above us. The latter would never try to speak for & above us.

Recognize the difference in #respect levels.
Recognize that we #POC activists pay attention & know the difference, quite well. We like & are appreciative of white comrades. We don't like or respect white saviours.

#AsianMastodon #POCactivists #KnowTheDifference #ComradesWelcomed

@SallyStrange This is classic #WhiteSaviour shit. It irks me when I see anyone exhibiting white saviour shit & putting invisible hero capes on themselves while choosing to stay tone deaf to marginalized folks they self proclaim to be allies with. No. They need to swallow their humility pills. They need to really learn to listen to actual marginalized voices more than keep heeding their egotistical selves.

💡 #TIL about the #Heineken World Bottle (#WOBO): In the 60's, dutch brewery tried designing #beer #bottles that could be reused as #bricks

🌐 https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/heineken-wobo-brick-bottle-story/
(find photo credits there)

lol, men.

#reuse #recycling #waste #alcohol #colonialism #neocolonialism #antilles #aruba #WhiteSaviour #architecture #design #productdesign #sustainability #bottle #construction #homebuilding #paternalism

💡 #TIL about the #Heineken World Bottle (#WOBO): In the 60's, dutch brewery tried designing #beer #bottles that could be reused as #bricks

🌐 https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/heineken-wobo-brick-bottle-story/
(find photo credits there)

lol, men.

#reuse #recycling #waste #alcohol #colonialism #neocolonialism #antilles #aruba #WhiteSaviour #architecture #design #productdesign #sustainability #bottle #construction #homebuilding #paternalism

💡 #TIL about the #Heineken World Bottle (#WOBO): In the 60's, dutch brewery tried designing #beer #bottles that could be reused as #bricks

🌐 https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/heineken-wobo-brick-bottle-story/
(find photo credits there)

lol, men.

#reuse #recycling #waste #alcohol #colonialism #neocolonialism #antilles #aruba #WhiteSaviour #architecture #design #productdesign #sustainability #bottle #construction #homebuilding #paternalism

💡 #TIL about the #Heineken World Bottle (#WOBO): In the 60's, dutch brewery tried designing #beer #bottles that could be reused as #bricks

🌐 https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/heineken-wobo-brick-bottle-story/
(find photo credits there)

lol, men.

#reuse #recycling #waste #alcohol #colonialism #neocolonialism #antilles #aruba #WhiteSaviour #architecture #design #productdesign #sustainability #bottle #construction #homebuilding #paternalism

#TheKavernacle
WE NEED TO TALK about #MrBeast's NEW Video and His Charity Work in '#Africa'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdJtOYYfR2Y

#racism #whitesaviour

AI isn’t able to produce images that don't reinforce harmful stereotypes, even when explicitly asked to flip the stereotypes

#AI #AIArt #Midjourney #Stereotypes #Doctor #Africa #Giraffe #WhiteSaviour

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-

Let's talk about a mindset on colonialism....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgeFj0t_u0

#BeauOfTheFifthColumn #India #WhiteSaviour #ForeignPolicy #SpheresOfInfluence

When you picture #DoctorsWithoutBorders, what do you see?

Do you see white people helping black people? #MSF has used for years pictures of white doctors and black patients to raise awareness and funds.

This has helped perpetuate the "#whitesaviour" syndrome and other racist prejudices.

#MSF is addressing their bias in this video. "Better representation of our diverse global workforce"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btO8tehhlcE

(Proud to be a member)

The Good Ally by Nova Reid and #Caste by Isabel Wlkerson are really tough reads. Who thinks the same?

#intersectionality #DEI #EDI #equity #inclusion #belonging #allyship #whiteguilt #whitesaviour

The Good Ally by Nova Reid and #Caste by Isabel Wlkerson are really tough reads. Who thinks the same?

#intersectionality #DEI #EDI #equity #inclusion #belonging #allyship #whiteguilt #whitesaviour

Dokumentarfilm »Black Mambas«: »#Naturschutz ist generell ein koloniales Business« (nd-aktuell.de)
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1168572.dokumentarfilm-black-mambas-naturschutz-ist-generell-ein-koloniales-business.html

Ich hoffe, der Film kommt noch in unser Programmkino. Mit 'Grzimeks Tierleben' als TV-Highlight sozialisiert und ganz selbstverständlich den #WhiteSaviour internalisiert, sind über die Jahrzehnte ganz langsam ein paar schwarzweiße Groschen bei mir gefallen. Dürfen gern noch mehr werden.
#Kolonialismus #Afrika

@ingaklas So à la #whitesaviour ?
Obgleich es in Einzelfällen helfen kann, ändert es nichts am System, welches die Probleme verursacht.

@xurizaemon again, I share your vision here, so I'm sharing my experiences trying to implement it in multiple organizations. The paradox is this; when I just move back, some other white male geek with even less awareness of the issues you're raising steps in. When I've tried to create workshops/ co-training to avoid that, either a) only white male geeks turn up, or b) I'm accused of trying to #WhiteKnight / #WhiteSaviour etc, or both.
@lightweight @donkey