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“White savior narratives embedded in feminist rhetoric tend to position the people who don't get out as not being worth the effort of engagement, of needing to be led toward progressive ideologies instead of understanding that the conversations that need to happen between the proverbial hood and the hills are ones between equals who have had to face different obstacles to arrive at the same destination.”

FeminismRacismWhite Savior ComplexProgressive Ideology
Book:Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
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“I see us as a black and white version of John and Yoko, a duet of magic and productivity. It feels as though it will last forever. Richard Pryor has finally found his panacea, me. People look at me as Richard's deliverance: he is the tragic, self- destructive freak no longer.”

White SupremacyWhitenessWhite PrivilegeWhite NightsIntolerantGolddiggerNarrow Minded PeopleRichard PryorSmall MindWhite Savior Complex
Book:Tarnished Angel: Surviving in the Dark Curve of Drugs, Violence, Sex, and Fame : A Memoir
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