If The World Had More Nuance

In this bonus episode, Silvana and Tegan discuss White Saviorism and how it applies to Stargate. 

How can you avoid White Saviorism both in your actions and in media you create? Where is the line between White Saviorism and antiracism?

"Harper Lee is a fucking genius." - Silvana

Some Stargate episodes that involve White Saviorism:

1. "Children of the Gods"

2. "Emancipation"

3. "The Enemy Within"

4. "The First Commandment"

5. "The Nox" 

6. "Learning Curve"

Links

1. Lindsay Ellis "Mask Off" video

2. "How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life" by Jon Ronson

3. "Nice White Parents" podcast 

4. "Ruling America's Colonies: The Insular Cases" by Juan R. Torruella

5. "A Savior No One Needs: Unpacking and Overcoming the White Savior Complex" 

6. "The White-Savior Industrial Complex" by Teju Cole

7. "12 Years a Slave: Yet Another Oscar- Nominated 'White Savior' Story" by Noah Berlatsky

8. "No 'White Savior Necessary In Just Mercy Michael B. Jordan Says 'We Have The Ability To Save Ourselves'" by RaVal Davis

9. "Harriet sees backlash despite box office success" by Princess Jones

10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

11. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

12. "Brown v Board of Education and the Significance of the Doll Test" 

13. "Danish firm Lundbeck to stop US jails using drugs for lethal injections" 

14. "White Savior Trope, Explained" by The Take

15. How to be an Antiracist by Ibraham Kendi

16. No White Saviors

17. Poverty Inc