Episode 84: White Saviour - a podcast by The Theory Doctors

This is Episode 84 of the State of the Theory Podcast.

Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably.

In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call.

We mark our 4th birthday weekend by focussing on the figure of the White Saviour. Via Katy Perry, Prince Charles, Ellen DeGeneres and Opra Winfrey, we discuss race and class hierarchies in the philanthropy industry.

You can read about Prince Charles and Katy Perry here: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/katy-perry-british-asian-trust-ambassador-prince-charles-twitter-a9318451.html

You can watch Joammaji’s videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtOQ-3CqNoIM0Q023kS_VEA

You can read “Cultural Identity and Diaspora” by Stuart Hall here: https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/sites/default/files/free-chapter/Stuart%20Hall_Cultural_Identity-and_Diaspora.pdf

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