User:Jamae623/Liberal feminism

White woman's burden
Another important critique of liberal feminism is the "white woman's burden" or White savior complex. The phrase "white woman's burden" derived from The White Man's Burden. Critics such as black feminists and postcolonial feminists assert that mainstream liberal feminism reflects only the values of middle-class, heterosexual, white women and has largely ignored women of different races, cultures or classes. With this, white liberal feminist reflect the issues that underline the White savior complex. They do not try to understand feminists that are outside the dominant society but try to "save" or "help" them by pushing them to assimilate to their ideals of feminism. Liberal feminism tends to not look at the power dynamics that are in play with women of color and transnational women which ties into the lack of acknowledging Intersectionality.