ABSTRACT

In 2020, the Canadian-based humanitarian organisation WE was the subject of a funding scandal in Canada that cast a critical light on its finances and mandate. The scandal tarnished the reputations of the organisation and its founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, who had been lauded as model global citizens for more than two decades. This paper uses the controversy as an example to distinguish between the increasingly disparaged trope of the white saviour and the continuing normalisation of saviourism as an orientation that naturalises philanthropic or charitable approaches to alleviating suffering as both just and effective.

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关于救世主和救世主：#WEscandal 的教训

摘要

2020 年，总部位于加拿大的人道主义组织 WE 成为加拿大资金丑闻的对象，该丑闻对其财务状况和任务提出了批评。丑闻玷污了该组织及其创始人克雷格和马克·基尔伯格的声誉，他们在过去的二十多年里一直被誉为模范全球公民。本文以这场争论为例，区分日益被贬低的白人救世主的比喻和救世主主义的持续常态化，作为一种将慈善或慈善方法自然化以减轻痛苦的方向，既公正又有效。