Whew, this one is muddy, isn't it? I just wrapped up a training on White Saviorism and I think your question sort of wades into these waters. When are we acting performatively (most white progressives have strayed into this place from time to time, I know I have), how much are we weilding power over rather than power with, are we centering ourselves vs. the population in question...it's all murky. One of the questions that we ended the training with is "How is the dominant culture benefiting/not benefiting from this situation? How is the non-dominant culture benefiting/not benefiting from the situation?" I wonder if Osceola will have the courage to take on these harder questions...
Whew, this one is muddy, isn't it? I just wrapped up a training on White Saviorism and I think your question sort of wades into these waters. When are we acting performatively (most white progressives have strayed into this place from time to time, I know I have), how much are we weilding power over rather than power with, are we centering ourselves vs. the population in question...it's all murky. One of the questions that we ended the training with is "How is the dominant culture benefiting/not benefiting from this situation? How is the non-dominant culture benefiting/not benefiting from the situation?" I wonder if Osceola will have the courage to take on these harder questions...