This article is so helpful in understanding the problems with some of these womens' shelters.

So let’s sum it up: This organization was locking young women and girls away from their families and communities who may or may not have sold them, families, who, more often than not were just trying to do their best to protect them and give them a better life. The organization “protected” these young women against alleged pimps and perpetrators who may or may not exist, and didn’t give them proper care in the process, and had very little in the way of facilitating a plan for leaving the care of the center. All the while, the organization was making millions of dollars from these young women’s suffering an…
The Rescue Industry Promotes White Saviorism — not Liberation
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Dr. Allison Wiltz
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Oct 22, 2020
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This article is so helpful in understanding the problems with some of these womens' shelters.
You are right that a white man who does not speak the language would not be the best advocate. Thanks for sharing this story.
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Written by Dr. Allison Wiltz69K Followers
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Black womanist scholar with a PhD from New Orleans, LA with bylines in Oprah Daily, Momentum, ZORA, Cultured. #WEOC Founder
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