Check ‘White Savior Barbie’ Instagram Skewering Your Volunteer Selfies
Amanda Machado
Apr 26, 2016
A few weeks ago, two millennial women created the “Barbie Savior” account on Instagram, poking fun at every traveler who takes selfies while volunteering abroad. The account satirizes the white savior complex of volunteers who enter developing countries without any awareness of how their presence could potentially harm the areas they visit.
The account now has over 66k followers. Check out of some of the greatest hits from the account below:
A photo posted by Barbie Savior (@barbiesavior) on
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