- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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Good thread
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May 17, 2020 08:54
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Apr 25, 2024 02:22
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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how does it feel being an imperialist serving US neo-colonialism in Africa
Please clarify this post before I finish my fish sandwich and go to bed.
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May 18, 2020 03:51
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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I'll actually field that because its a legit question and despite possibly being posed in bad faith, I feel I'm fairly well equipped to reply:
When I was developing training materials for newly arrived volunteers I would get asked a lot of questions like this. The aid industry is rife with moral pitfalls, and deserve to be addressed. However, if we dwell on these gigantic forces we will fail to see the forest for the trees. We have the tools, knowledge, ability to solve problems. Even better, there are people who want us to help them solve these problems.
We can look at the history of colonization, slavery, Bretton-Woods accords, conditionality of loans, neo-liberalism, deregulation, etc. These are all important topics and shape Africa. Any action that takes place as a foreigner within Africa takes place within that historical context. We cannot change that. However, the discussion of those forces tends to remain confined to the realm of academics. Academics are often criticized for being all theory and no praxis. I tend to agree. Its very easy to lean back in your chair and call someone a "neo-colonialist" from the halls of an academic institution. One can subscribe to all of these ideas, see the problem as insurmountable, and become paralyzed by their own "wokeness" or they can get out in the field and solve real problems that are affecting poor people on a day to day basis. A homeless paranoid schizophrenic doesn't want to hear about the failure of the American Healthcare system. They want some meds and a warm bed.
At the end of the day, If I'm helping a group of new mothers develop porridge recipes for malnourished children using locally sourced sustainable ingredients, its a good thing. Babies won't die because of that action.
When I run a computer club for girls and help them develop real world proficiencies they wouldn't have had otherwise, that's a good thing. When you see a group of young girls begin to develop a sense of self worth, in a world that has devalued them, all the poo poo about being a colonizer goes out the window.
As I see it, West Africans are going to get American culture through cigarette ads, pro wresting, action movies, and popular media one way or another. Its incredibly reductive to claim volunteers are "just part of the system".
If only that poster responded with content like this.
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May 18, 2020 04:49
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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Extending sticky.
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May 19, 2020 17:29
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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near fluent in 2 months wow op very impressive and true
This is a pretty lovely thing to first post about, Star Wars beta max.
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May 19, 2020 21:50
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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No questions to ask, but goddamn does this rule.
Burt Sexual fucked around with this message at 07:39 on May 22, 2020
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May 22, 2020 07:36
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- Burt Sexual
- Jan 26, 2006
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by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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Did you run a budget or something? Expense reports, etc?
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