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I've heard some criticism of To Kill a Mockingbird as promoting a "white savior" narrative. I would be interested in hearing what this community's thoughts are on this widely taught novel.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh for sure. Obvi we can't veer off too far into the radlib territory of race-essentialism, so it would be worth reading something about what differentiates white saviorism from just good comrades.