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The worldview that regards white people as saviors and other groups as needing to be saved by them.

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white saviorism

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white saviorism

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uncountable

The worldview that regards white people as saviors and other groups as needing to be saved by them.

Japanese Meaning

白人が救世主として、他の民族や人種が救済を必要としているとみなす世界観 / 白人を救世主役割と捉え、非白人を救済対象として扱う考え方

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Critics argue that many charity campaigns unintentionally promote white saviorism by framing local communities as helpless without external intervention.

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批評家たちは、多くの慈善キャンペーンが意図せずに白人を救済者とみなす世界観を助長し、現地のコミュニティを外部の介入なしでは無力な存在として描いていると主張している。

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The worldview that regards white people as saviors and other groups as needing to be saved by them.

White saviorism is a form of false generosity; it maintains and embodies white supremacy; it frames the white outsider as the savior and hero and the people of color as too oppressed, too downtrodden, too powerless to help themselves.

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