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“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that’s considered exemplary. [Whereas] a poor kid who lives in that community and takes care of all the kids in that neighborhood four hours every day is not seen as a volunteer.”

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Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)

A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.

(via myflagisblackandred)

Ah, activist tourism… Whether it’s in the local sphere or international, it’s just as terrible.

(via amydentata)

…and relevant to expanding MHP’s points on ideals of citizenship and the value placed on acts of citizenship being determined by race & class.

(via lanomrah)

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