3.7: Service, Not Saviorism
First Name Basis Podcast
Jasmine Bradshaw
5 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Are you serving or trying to save? In this episode I unpack white saviorism and the detrimental effect that it has on communities in our backyard and across the globe. If you want to transform your good intentions into confident action consider these 5 reflection questions:
- Is the organization I’m partnering with led by BIPOC?
- Where am I on my anti-racism journey? What preconceived notions do I have about the community I am serving?
- When and how am I going to learn about the history of the community I am serving?
- What is my attitude towards the people I am working with?
- What am I going to do if my service begins to look more like saviorism?
Join the First Name Basis Patreon Community Make sure to join our Patreon Community to take part in our monthly Q&A sessions and download the detailed notes from this episode!
Sources:
What Is A White Savior Complex
Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Britt Hawthorne Patreon Community
The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole
“Kill the Indian, Save the Man” Captain Richard H. Pratt
How the US Stole Thousands of Native American Children
Things No One Tells You About Going On Short-term Mission Trips
Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 3, Episode 7, Service, Not Saviorism. |
| 0:12.0 | Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home. First-name basis is designed |
| 0:23.6 | to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your family and a changemaker in your |
| 0:29.1 | community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world |
| 0:35.4 | we want, a world that reflects our values of inclusion, |
| 0:39.4 | compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this |
| 0:46.7 | journey with you. Hello, First Name Basis fam. I am so glad you are here. We are smack dab in the middle of the |
| 0:57.7 | holiday season and I know that that means that so many people are thinking a lot about service. |
| 1:04.1 | This time of year helps us really focus on service and helping the people around us and really digging in and serving our communities. |
| 1:14.0 | And I wanted to make this episode so that we can make sure that we are doing that service in a way |
| 1:18.7 | that is responsible, respectful, and helpful, and not causing any damage. Before we jump in, |
| 1:26.6 | I want to remind you of our First Name Basis Patreon community. |
| 1:30.9 | Patreon is a place where you can support the show. So if you are learning from and being blessed |
| 1:36.9 | by the First Name Basis podcast, I would ask that you support us over on Patreon. We have an |
| 1:41.7 | amazing group of parents, caregivers, teachers, |
| 1:45.8 | lots of different people in different stages of life who are committed to living out anti-racism |
| 1:50.6 | in their own lives and teaching the children that they have stewardship and influence over |
| 1:56.6 | about what it looks like to be anti-racist in their community and be leaders and working towards |
| 2:02.4 | justice. So every month, I do a Q&A session with the first name basis Patreon community. |
| 2:09.9 | And that is where anyone who is supporting us over on Patreon can ask a question about anti-racism, |
| 2:16.2 | anti-bias. We talk about politics a lot as well. |
| 2:19.7 | So anything that's on your heart and on your mind that you're struggling with or trying to |
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