Fucking hell kinda funny though. You end up almost hurting African people because you don’t like who sponsors an event.
Dumb shit like this is a good example of using the word “woke” in an appropriate setting: Being so focused on race under the mistaken belief that this is “anti-racism” that you’d rather those in need went without so that they can complain about a skin colour; and in turn accidentally making themselves the mirror-image of what they claim they’re against.
Ah Telegraph.
>“The students of African descent raised completely valid concerns about a marketing post, which our organisation wasn’t aware of, that some found to be inappropriate,” he said.
“They encouraged their friends to ask some tough questions of us to ensure our work is actually having an impact rather than, like so many organisations operating in Africa, just utilising images of African children to fundraise while often having little, no or even negative impact on the continent. We have since assuaged those concerns.”
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Fucking hell kinda funny though. You end up almost hurting African people because you don’t like who sponsors an event.
Dumb shit like this is a good example of using the word “woke” in an appropriate setting: Being so focused on race under the mistaken belief that this is “anti-racism” that you’d rather those in need went without so that they can complain about a skin colour; and in turn accidentally making themselves the mirror-image of what they claim they’re against.
Ah Telegraph.
>“The students of African descent raised completely valid concerns about a marketing post, which our organisation wasn’t aware of, that some found to be inappropriate,” he said.
“They encouraged their friends to ask some tough questions of us to ensure our work is actually having an impact rather than, like so many organisations operating in Africa, just utilising images of African children to fundraise while often having little, no or even negative impact on the continent. We have since assuaged those concerns.”