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China Elephants and Orphans: Operati...

Thompson, Jonathan Patrick.

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China Elephants and Orphans: Operation Babylift and the White Savior Complex.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	China Elephants and Orphans: Operation Babylift and the White Savior Complex./
作者:	Thompson, Jonathan Patrick.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	125 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International80-09.
標題:	Southeast Asian studies. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13810759
ISBN:	9781392011515

China Elephants and Orphans: Operation Babylift and the White Savior Complex.
Thompson, Jonathan Patrick.

China Elephants and Orphans: Operation Babylift and the White Savior Complex. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 125 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09.

Thesis (A.M.)--Southern New Hampshire University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

As the Vietnam War drew to a close during the spring of 1975, the United States determined it had a responsibility to save South Vietnam's orphaned children from the communists. Americans largely pushed for this humanitarian action as a chance to do one thing right in Vietnam. Collaborating with Western-run orphanages in Vietnam, the U.S. initiated Operation Babylift and evacuated thousands of children. This was not without consequences, some of which are still felt today. The evacuation was an emotional event that captivated the United States. It is also an historic example of the white savior complex at work. As a subconscious aspect of Western culture, the white savior complex enables white people to take the actions they deem best in helping non-white people. They then benefit from the experiences, while potentially doing nothing about the systemic causes of the problems they temporarily address. The white savior complex played a key role in the conception of Operation Babylift and creating the need for it through years of American intervention in Vietnam. Applying Teju Cole's "White Savior Industrial Complex" framework with Jordan Flaherty and Caitlin Breedlove's savior mentality concepts to the Western individuals and entities involved in Operation Babylift will illustrate their motivations and the outcomes, both negative and positive. This analysis will demonstrate why and how Operation Babylift came to fruition, played out, and concluded for the benefit of white Westerners. It will also highlight long-term repercussions faced by non-white people when the white savior complex is not acknowledged. The evidence will illustrate for white Westerners the importance of making informed decisions in helping non-white people by decentering themselves from their privilege and acknowledging their cultural understandings and motivations.

ISBN: 9781392011515Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Southeast Asian studies.

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