I'm just wondering, why do some Black/African people get upset when people, especially white people, go to help people in Africa? I mean, yes of course not the entire continent is in poverty and suffering but there are people there that are suffering. just like in any place. Why is it looked down upon when white people try and help? If they're just genuinely interested in helping people?

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Because in many instances they have not been genuinely interested. ~Eon

Because white savior is pretty disgusting. Even if it’s good intentions and you genuinely want to help, why is it SPECIFICALLY Africa? Have you looked at more local projects?



Because, I have more often than not, pointed out things like “yeah but Canada’s homeless population is actually really concerning and soup kitchens are not the solution” only to have that statement ignored.

Because people in Africa themselves don’t need your help to build a god damn school. Take a look at projects like Kiva which are far more effective because they operate off helping businesses, which in turn bring money to less developed nations. We’ve had foreign aid for 60+ years in these countries, it ain’t worth shit. and we’re the ones who fucked up that continent anyways

You are not a trained professional, just because you speak English DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO TEACH ENGLISH, and there are HUGE implications about teaching people English when they were forced to speak it thanks to imperialism.



A lot of these charities (hi fucking world vision) use these children to sell the idea of “poor, war torn Africa” with little African children who need your help. It’s gross, it’s not really what Africa is like, and Africans/Black people know it.



