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Working through the Smog: How White Individuals Develop Critical Consciousness of White Saviorism

@inproceedings{Willer2019WorkingTT,
  title={Working through the Smog: How White Individuals Develop Critical Consciousness of White Saviorism},
  author={Jamie Willer},
  year={2019}
}
White saviorism, as a form of individual, cultural, and institutional racism, results in the systemic silencing and dehumanization of Brown and Black individuals by maintaining white privilege while simultaneously upholding systems of oppression. One step that can be taken to work toward eliminating white saviorism is to support white individuals in becoming more effective in their racial justice efforts, particularly with regard to changing the structures and systems upholding current power… Expand
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