4 Ways to Avoid the White Savior Complex

When I was 26 I moved to Uganda to start a non-profit. I didn’t really identify as a “missionary” then because there was too much baggage associated with the term and I wasn’t “evangelizing” people, I was simply loving them as Jesus would. But new to the field, there was a lot I didn’t know I didn’t know. I admit I had a bit of the “white savior” complex in me. I lived in an area with abject poverty, with a long history of trauma. I went in with good intentions but fell into trying to play the hero. I felt responsible to help people, to provide for them, to fix their problems. But I made many mistakes along the way. In the beginning I didn’t understand many cultural nuances and I assumed I “knew better.” <a href="https://medium.com/@saritahartz/4-ways-to-avoid-the-white-savior-complex-4e681e35942e">Visit Now</a>