Feb 20, 2022
Wherein Andy and Justice continue the discussion of white savior narratives, this time looking at Saul Bellow's 1958 novel Henderson the Rain King, 1995's Dangerous Minds, and 2009's The Blind Side. From Henderson's trip to Africa to Leigh Anne Tuohy's trip to Hurt Village to Louanne Johnson's time in an inner-city classroom, why do we keep seeing white people assume authority over black and brown cultures? Mr. Tambourine Man? Come on...