Aid may be inherently racist and colonial, but altruism is not — that’s a cause for hope

by Aid Reimagined

2020

“Is international aid inherently fraught and should we just ‘burn it down’…or is there a way out of this?” That is the question The New Humanitarian recently asked the audience of one of their events. Most who answered were split in roughly two camps: 31% agree that “aid is inherently fraught and cannot be divorced from its colonialist roots”; while 44% think “aid can be re-imagined in a way that isn’t toxic…

https://medium.com/aidreimagined/aid-may-be-inherently-racist-and-colonial-but-altruism-is-not-thats-a-cause-for-hope-c77e7a33b899

 

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