Read
& Respond: The Atlantic - “The White Savior Complex” (click the link, if its not obvious!)
1)Do you agree with Mr. Cole’s
assessment of KONY 2012? Why or why not? (give specific examples)
2)As a social entrepreneur, how would
you have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012
took?
3)Based on the KONY 2012 movement and
the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, how does this impact your view on
social entrepreneurship? More clearly, what new realizations or affirmations
have you discovered after watching/reading about the movement?
1) I partially agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012 because he many excellent points. First he said that people should intervene in disasters, regardless the skin color of the other people, in fact there should be no discrimination because all people are able to think and should deserve basic rights for life, food and shelter. I disagree that there are many other problem that should be taken care of first because if a person always criticizes what a person is trying to do then no one will conclude anything in the end. So if someone was helping the whales in Japan then there will be always someone that will say that they should help the fishes in South Africa or somewhere else. I partially agree when Mr. Cole says: “The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.” This because it is true that white people have support many cruel policies such as slavery, then thinks about them in the evening and lastly gets awards, usually it takes much more to them to realize they are doing the worng thing.
ReplyDelete2) As a social entrepreneur I would have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012 used, I would send missionaries in Africa in order to help the people. This would also gain their support because they would stay there all the time with the people helping them with their needs and not staying in America and gaining support of the Americans. I would have a campaign to gain money to send these missionaries to support the people. I would also propose the American army to go in Central Africa, sending some troops, like the Rangers, in order to undertake a mission to kill Joseph Kony.
3) Based on the KONY 2012 movement and the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, this impacts my view on social entrepreneurship in many ways. Firstly it shows me that if you are a social entrepreneur you have to face many difficulties. This because you don’t only have to help the people, but also gain their support because if not they will begin to protest against you and say that you are doing the wrong thing. They would begin to want you to go away while you are trying to help the people. It is complicated as being an entrepreneur because you have many complications in doing it. The new realizations that I have discovered after watching about the movement are that they help a lot of the people but many people deny that they did it and want them to go away.
1)Do you agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012? Why or why not? (give specific examples)
ReplyDeleteI do not afree with Mr. Cole’s assessments of Kony 2012, even though he also had some good ideas and points, for example by saying that the Americans should help and solve a humanitarian disaster, as they are a huge country. Also they should base their help on what is the disaster and not on type of skin color the people suffering have. I also disagree with the White Saviour industrial complex because Russell is attempting to do good for children in Uganda but in my opinion he concentrates too much on the negative aspects of it, such as Kony, and never talks about all the underhand things that happen which sometimes are the most important things to say.
2)As a social entrepreneur, how would you have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012 took?
As a social entrepreneur I would assess the problem of LRA by sending missionary people to Africa (the specific country) that would save the children and bring them away from the terrible things that Kony makes them do. I would also send some military forces with them so that the missionary people while working would be protected and also the children that are brought away are protected from the Kony people which still want them with them to fight their internal civil wars. I would also send some other military forces to protect intact villages before Kony and his troops reach there and kill every child’s parents so that they can keep the children for their personal military use.
3)Based on the KONY 2012 movement and the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, how does this impact your view on social entrepreneurship? More clearly, what new realizations or affirmations have you discovered after watching/reading about the movement?
I realize even more that social entrepreneurship is a risky career as it’s a very challenging task to try and make a change in society, with everyone agreeing n the same idea. With this KONY 2012 video, I realize that even a 30 minute video which truly caught my attention in a subject which I don't really participate in, has its negative sides as well, such as the fact that it only gives 1/3 of its profit to Africa. After watching and reading about this movement, I realized that sure, Invisible Children is a company with a great goal, trying to save the lives of thousands of children, however there are many downfalls which I discovered which I am not happy about. The video only shows their part of the story, meaning their view of the problem, however one must get KONY's side as well and see what his goals are.
1. I completely agree with Mr. Cole's assessment of the Kony 2012 video. First of all I fully agree when he says that there are many other problems, which should be ministered first; I also agree when he says that Americans should help anybody despite the pigmentation of the people suffering. Mr. Cole also says something which I strongly agreed with; he says that first of all no harm has to be done. This is a very wise statement because going in a foreign country with good intentions, however to achieve these intentions harm is caused the results could be catastrophic and further harm would be done.
ReplyDelete2. As a social entrepreneur I would address some aspects of Kony 2012 in a different way. First of all I would hear what people in Uganda have to say, if they’d like the intervention of a foreign power such as the USA or if they think that it would only cause more problems. As it was seen in class people in Uganda weren’t happy with what Jason Russell had done. However I think Jason Russell has done a great job in spreading the word especially on facebook and youtube which are the two most visited sites after google.
3. The Kony 2012 video in general affected my views on social entrepreneurship. I must admit, even when I saw the Kony 2012 video last year I thought to myself “Even though it’s a great video, it will never happen” Fortunately I was proven wrong people actually cared and were interested in Kony. However I then thought to my self; if Jason Russell spread the word for Kony through a video imagine how many real-life problems and issues even more important and even crueler than Kony could be addressed and spread. Social entrepreneurship; overall Kony 2012 was a great video which I think had a large impact on many people, whether it is actually doing any work, I don’t know, however Jason Russell truly did an incredible job “spreading the word”
1) I completely agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012. I find it that there has been a lot of hype on problems in Africa. Generally it tends to be white people that swoop in and save the day, publicizing their noble intensions. However the worlds problems are much vaster than just Africa “Feverish worry over that awful African warlord. But close to 1.5 million Iraqis died from an American war of choice.” And these issues should not be simplified and glorified then ‘solved’ in order to satisfy the so-called saviors ego “This world exists simply to satisfy the needs—including, importantly, the sentimental needs—of white people and Oprah.” Because the problems tend to be deeper rooted than just a single convenient villain “Success for Kony 2012 would mean increased militarization of the anti-democratic Yoweri Museveni government”. And in order properly aid a country we should make it possible for them to help themselves “What Africa needs more pressingly than Kony's indictment is more equitable civil society, more robust democracy, and a fairer system of justice.”
ReplyDelete2) As a social entrepreneur, if I were to try and address the LRA issue I would approach the problem differently than the KONY 2012 campaign. First I would assess whether the government of the LRA’s country was stable enough to eradicate the LRA. If it turned out that the country was stable enough, i.e. uncorrupt or liked by the people, I would raise money in order to help train the countries police so that they could better hunt down the LRA. And if the country was not stable enough I would first seek to help aid in reconstruction of the countries economy, infrastructure, and politics in order to strengthen the country so that they could then deal with their own problems.
3) From reading all the criticism on the KONY 2012 movement I have realized many things about social entrepreneurship. I realized that although often started with noble intentions social entrepreneurial projects can end up doing more harm than good and can approach problems in the wrong way. The KONY 2012 project had been started in order to stop the villainous abduction of children and mass murder, however the project ended up spreading out the LRA and the increased militarization of the anti-democratic Yoweri Museveni government. I also realized that social entrepreneurial projects could become corrupt siphoning off donated money, elevating the CEOs to millionaires and making them famous. As in the case of the KONY 2012 movement where the CEOs were accused of stealing donated money.
1)Do you agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012?
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with mr.cole’s assement of kony 2012, because other countries shouldn’t slove the problem to other country, what other counties will think, if you need a other a other counties to help, you are showing the weakness to other countries.
2)As a social entrepreneur, how would you have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012 took?
As a social entrepreneur, I will address the issue of LRA, start with locial coutry, with some help.
3)Based on the KONY 2012 movement and the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, how does this impact your view on social entrepreneurship? More clearly, what new realizations or affirmations have you discovered after watching/reading about the movement?
Based KONY 2012, is my time knows that social entrepreneurship have that much power to affect people think.
1)Do you agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012? Why or why not? (give specific examples)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Mr. Cole's assessment of Kony 2012. At first, when I had watched this video last year, I believed that Jason Russell was really making a change and was really making a difference trying to save Africa and trying to rescue all the lives of the African people; the method he used by capturing Joseph Kony. However, after reading this article, I believe that Africa never stood, or never had the strength to stand up on their own feet. Obviously, I do not blame the Africans for not having done it so, due to the poor circumstances they're in. However, it is also right to say that the "American savior" is truly a disappointment, as if they were trying to prove something; that the white western race can "make a difference". But the question is, whether this really is making a difference, or is it just by aiding the African people to, as Mr. Cole said in his tweet: "This world exists simply to satisfy the needs - including, importantly, the sentimental needs - of white people and Operah". Surely, Jason Russell also had this desire to be satisfied. The power, the necessity in standing up and fighting for their own nation is really what is needed for the African people. This also includes obviously, like Mr. Cole says, to change America's foreign policy. I also don't blame for the African people to ask for the American aid, because they are desperate and are grateful for the help given, however it doesn't reflect much on what the outcome would be for the future. Will this help the African people or will they never rise and keep asking for the god-like American saviors?
A singer may be innocent; never the song.
2)As a social entrepreneur, how would you have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012 took?
Aside from the method that Kony 2012 took, I, as a social entrepeneur, would start building communities, in their own nation, the African nation, to create communities and conferences, also with the government, to discuss in how the LRA are affecting the nation, and how they can make a difference, and rescue. This would be a nice idea because its origin is from the Ugandan, or African roots, thus this would influence other African people around Africa to join the community. If it will be successful enough, then ask also the western nations, such as America, to give a percentile of donations, or even participation in the community.
3)Based on the KONY 2012 movement and the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, how does this impact your view on social entrepreneurship? More clearly, what new realizations or affirmations have you discovered after watching/reading about the movement?
After watching about the movement, I have realized how social entrepreneurs can take advantage of these movements. Since Kony 2012 was a movement that inspired many people and hit a lot of views, I believe that, the social entrepreneur, Jason Russell, could exploit the advantages and use the donations his own profit, and eventually becoming a millionaire. I have also realized that how the movement is shown to the people, to us could be shown in a very sympathetic and noble way, though ending up in a failure, making the conditions worse. Social entrepreneurs are very hard to make the right choices, since we can't really know their commitment and honesty in their movement.
1) I agree with Mr.Cole because the most terrible problems are not only in Africa put there are many other countries in the world that need help. People who are trying to save other countries especially in Africa also want success in what they are doing to satify themselves, but they should ask the African people what they need help in. They should not just do what they think is not working properly and then show us happy faces, they should show us their opinion. Sometimes as Mr.Cole presents us the problem is not just health, war, lack of food, but is the country's policies.
ReplyDelete2)Well, the video of Kony 2012 did have an impact on a lot of people, which is good. If I had to solve this problem I would ask the people of Uganda how they feel about it and how they think it could be solved because they know more about it, they just dont have enough money and people to solve the problem. Then I guess I would create a community and solve the problem using the idea of the people and I would also try to talk with the state
3)I learned that people critize a lot. I also learned that even though you are trying to do good, it can also create harm to other people, so you have to be careful. I learned that trying to do something like this is not easy and even gathering people is not easy.
1) I partially agree with Mr. Cole’s assessment of KONY 2012 because he many excellent points. First he said that people should intervene in disasters, regardless the skin color of the other people, in fact there should be no discrimination because all people are able to think and should deserve basic rights for life, food and shelter. I disagree that there are many other problem that should be taken care of first because if a person always criticizes what a person is trying to do then no one will conclude anything in the end. So if someone was helping the whales in Japan then there will be always someone that will say that they should help the fishes in South Africa or somewhere else. I partially agree when Mr. Cole says: “The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.” This because it is true that white people have support many cruel policies such as slavery, then thinks about them in the evening and lastly gets awards, usually it takes much more to them to realize they are doing the worng thing.
ReplyDelete2) As a social entrepreneur I would have addressed the issue of the LRA, aside from the method that KONY 2012 used, I would send missionaries in Africa in order to help the people. This would also gain their support because they would stay there all the time with the people helping them with their needs and not staying in America and gaining support of the Americans. I would have a campaign to gain money to send these missionaries to support the people. I would also propose the American army to go in Central Africa, sending some troops, like the Rangers, in order to undertake a mission to kill Joseph Kony.
3) Based on the KONY 2012 movement and the criticism of that Jason Russell received for his portrayal of Uganda/LRA, this impacts my view on social entrepreneurship in many ways. Firstly it shows me that if you are a social entrepreneur you have to face many difficulties. This because you don’t only have to help the people, but also gain their support because if not they will begin to protest against you and say that you are doing the wrong thing. They would begin to want you to go away while you are trying to help the people. It is complicated as being an entrepreneur because you have many complications in doing it. The new realizations that I have discovered after watching about the movement are that they help a lot of the people but many people deny that they did it and want them to go away.