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Health.com

The White Savior Complex and Western Imperialism

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht
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Renée Crown University Honors Program

, professor of African American Studies and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for the Health.com story “â€

Smith discussed the white saviorism saying, “I think it’s been a fundamental underpinning of Western imperialism, and it’s been evident in the global empire-building enterprise.”

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