Our Motive

In Community Development work, critics talk about the danger of the White Savior Complex. I get it. To the extent that it is a problem, the complex perpetuates arrogance. It is built on the false assumption that white people know more, know better, know how to fix and solve problems.  In some cases, it is even more insidious. Consciously or unconsciously, it assumes that one way of being in the world is superior to another way of being in the world.

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