People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?
- Written by Robert Hoffmann, Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
ShutterstockEfforts to redress global inequality are facing an unexpected adversary: the white saviour. It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or North, need “saving” by a white Western person or aid worker.
An eclectic mix of white activists have been publicly accused of being white saviours for trying...
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