Not So Humane: Journaling Questions

If systems of oppression were deliberately designed to create ongoing dependency, what does that mean about the organizations and individuals who profit — financially or reputationally — from “solving” problems they didn’t create and don’t fully understand?

When you shared, liked, or bought the merch, whose story were you actually amplifying — and whose were you flattening into a backdrop for someone else’s hero arc?

Kony 2012 raised $5 million in two days. What does it say about us that outrage and urgency are easier to monetize than sustained, unglamorous, community-led work?

— With no fundraising experience and a debunked campaign on his résumé, one of the Kony filmmakers was still positioned above someone with a decade of expertise. Where else have you witnessed this dynamic — how does it make you feel?

What does it say when the “children we’re saving” in Africa are never given the same interior life as the white child on screen?

The Barbie Savior account is satire, but scroll your own social media. How many posts — your own included — follow

Critics argue that systems of oppression are sometimes maintained precisely to justify the existence of those who claim to fix them. Who in your industry, organization, or community benefits from the problem never quite getting solved?