There’s a Difference Between Helping and Just Being Condescending.

“Helping and fixing” other cultures strengthens the idea of “others” because assuming that people need your help is a condescending thing. Thinking that you have the means of helping means that you think you are…

Unintentional Superiority

When people think of helping, some would see it as a public service, the opportunity to “help”. But, helping is not always seen as this. Instead, it can be interpreted as a way for one people/person to assert dominance and help the “lesser”. Both Ivan Illich, and Rachel Naomi Remen…

Struggle for Power

“Helping and fixing” construct people who are “helped” as others because “helping” or “fixing” implies that those described as others are in need of it. It gives one group a sense of power and superiority because it implies that they may be more well off however, this may not always be the…

Discourses impact upon thyself and others.

WHAT: “Helping and fixing” construct people who are “helped” as others due to the overpowering sense of dominance. The U.S constantly is always attempting to help other countries due to its high range of middle class citizens, and in result of this…

The Servant

Remen states that “Fixing and helping create a distance between people, but we cannot serve at a distance. We can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected.”

I think that Remen is trying to get people to understand that fixing and helping can actually be based on…