There is also an old-fashioned way to put it without reaching into the social justice toolbox: people doing something pleasant gawking at people doing something

There is also an old-fashioned way to put it without reaching into the social justice toolbox: people doing something pleasant gawking at people doing something unpleasant. Imagine a tourist having a minor traffic accident or dropping their backpack into the mud, and locals standing around it taking pictures. It is less about a global power imbalance and more about a situational one.