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Originally Posted by chi-o_cat
Isn’t that the point of the song, though? That people in the first world just want to focus on the holiday, when there are people who are struggling just to make it through the day.
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My disdain for that song has always been the 'white savior' aspect of it: it is racist, and condescending, and really, really gross.
This article says it really well, so I'll quote:
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The celebrities promote a worldview in which “they,” Africans, are unable to help themselves in preventing famine, and so passively await rescue from “we” Western famine experts, a category that apparently includes rock stars.
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It also bothers me that, really, the celebrities that recorded it could donate far more money than could ever be raised by singles being bought (especially now, with a changing industry), yet they decide to stick their name on a single and consider it done, problem solved.
I definitely believe the holidays are a time for giving, helping others, etc, and I support that. But this song just leaves me feeling... a little icky.