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> White Savior moment ???
by tantalor 5mo ago
> White Savior moment
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- rpmisms 5mo agoWhite people doing anything good is actually bad. Duh. /s, but I think I'm accurately describing the viewpoint you're responding to.
- lazide 5mo agoIt’s a description of a common Hollywood trope (or used to be), like the ‘magical negro’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro]. Hard not to see once you know about them, and they are indeed common. But what should replace it? Good Nuanced writing? Good luck with that!
- mr_toad 5mo agoThere is a strain of science fiction where the human protagonist (usually a white male) (possibly a boy from backwoods moisture farm) saves the universe, (including all the other dumb luckless species). A notorious example is Battlefield Earth. However in this example the contribution of the alien, not just to the whole saving the universe business, but to the actual story, the book, was huge.
- rpmisms 5mo agoFantasizing about saving the universe is a good thing, actually.
- cv5005 5mo agoChinese film having 100% chinese cast = good. American film having a single white male lead = not good.
- acheron 5mo agoIt’s a troll. Just flag and move on.