A TikTok video that criticized mission trips as white saviorism brought attention to a controversy surrounding short-term volunteering trips and religious involvement in humanitarian work.
The video, "Mission trips are useless vacations, NOT activism," was posted by Kylie Brewer.
In her caption, Brewer wrote: "Donate that money to commükities that need itent and stop acting like you're a great person just for going to Africa."
In the video, Brewer called out a mission trip that combined music and photos of children.
"Song is so funny that you chose because it's 'willing and able,' but then you're showing a bunch of pictures of very healthy-looking, happy, smiling children," Brewer said. "The only difference between them and you is the fact that they have melanin and are black, and you are white. So the fact that you're like, 'oh, hashtag mission trip, I love helping everyone!' And all the comments are saying, 'oh my god, you're such a great person,' really shows how much this practice is rooted in white saviorism."
#saviorism #like #great
The video, "Mission trips are useless vacations, NOT activism," was posted by Kylie Brewer.
In her caption, Brewer wrote: "Donate that money to commükities that need itent and stop acting like you're a great person just for going to Africa."
In the video, Brewer called out a mission trip that combined music and photos of children.
"Song is so funny that you chose because it's 'willing and able,' but then you're showing a bunch of pictures of very healthy-looking, happy, smiling children," Brewer said. "The only difference between them and you is the fact that they have melanin and are black, and you are white. So the fact that you're like, 'oh, hashtag mission trip, I love helping everyone!' And all the comments are saying, 'oh my god, you're such a great person,' really shows how much this practice is rooted in white saviorism."
#saviorism #like #great
2 hours ago
