A lovestory in the making

Patricia Hill Collins  (via sadbrownprincess)

I HATE the concept of community service that high schools and colleges use. For this exact reason. Real activism and service (that is primarily done by the oppressed out of necessity or in support of their own community) is never counted.

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PoC, “third-world”/Global South people and poor people DON’T exist just so some pretentious little white/Western bourgeois fuck can improve their resume and boost their white savior ego. (via the-uncensored-she)

I’m not sure how I feel about this commentary. I get the double standard, which is absolutely unacceptable. However, without community service - how are other people going to learn? I have seen students change their entire lives because of the service they have done - especially in college. I have seen people dedicate their lives to working with immigrants, working with other programs because they truly believe that they can help to change to systems set in place to keep people stuck in their situations - simply because it’s the right thing to do. Not this “white man’s burden” concept we love to bring up. I think that has its own space. There shouldn’t be a reason to hate required community service. There should be a reason to hate the mindset, the systems that keep people stuck, and the double standard. 

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