Slavery, Colonialism and White Supremacy

In many global health institutions, the positions of power and leadership are most often occupied by White people. The underlying assumption is that White knowledge is superior and White people have the solutions to Black and brown peoples’ problems. This is very evident in the project development phase of work where donor proposals are primarily put together in these institutions HQ in Europe or the US with ‘input’ from staff based in low- and middle-income countries. In my opinion, this should be flipped on its head with low- and middle- income countries staff leading project development. After all, they are living their realities and they know how to improve their situation, not some academic or technical advisor based in London, Geneva or Washington. <a href="https://medium.com/@lazenya.weekes-richemond/slavery-colonialism-and-white-supremacy-950616bbb6a4">Website</a>