| 单词 | white saviour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite saviour white saviour n. (used ironically or sarcastically) a white person who helps non-white (typically black) people, esp. for reasons viewed as ultimately self-serving, such as seeking recognition or assuaging guilt (cf. white guilt n.).Frequently as a modifier, as in white saviour complex, white saviour trope, etc.Also (and in earliest use) in great white saviour. ΚΠ 1961 N.Y. Amsterdam News 27 May 12/5 I am also weary of Great White Saviors who prey upon Negro communities for self-glorification and elevation to higher positions. 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 29/2 There seems to be no end of white saviors prepared to tell the Negro what he most needs for salvation. 2012 S. Chi & E. M. Robinson Voices of Asian Amer. & Pacific Islander Experience 327 Within Asian American communities, there was significant criticism surrounding the depictions of Hmong men and the archetypal white savior trope that permeated the film. 2021 Athenaeum (Nexis) 14 Mar. 1 I have friends who've publicly exhibited their white saviour complex, posting pictures with non-white children in third-world countries in self-fulfilling attempts to seem benevolent and admirable. < as lemmas |
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