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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

How White Savior Movies Hurt Hollywood





"Green Book" just won the Oscar for Best Picture, but it's been described as a "white savior" movie, a movie that features a white character saving people of color from situations they couldn't save themselves from. These films tend to further negative stereotypes about people of color, removing their agency in acting for themselves. White savior films also often reinforce the idea that racism is largely gone today.

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