Go ahead, Just Walk Into my brain: how to not be a White Savior when in Africa

rooj129:

queerhairyvag:

  1. Don’t assume those you intend to help even wanted your help.
  2. You are not there to ‘help’ anyone. Help assumes you are in authority and they depend on you.
  3. You are there to work with people.
  4. Those people are not charity cases: they are human beings…

(via sensationofcucumbers-deactivate)

Sat, Oct 26th 2013 at 21 PM