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mollymlf05Kara Brown
6/30/16 5:42pm
I’m always conflicted by shit like this and, like, white nursing students going to administer vaccines in Uganda over their spring break. On one hand, it’s nice to help people, especially when those people are poor and there’s clearly an unmet need for the service being provided. On the other hand, all the eye rolls.
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  kingwolfmollymlf05
  6/30/16 5:47pm
  Maybe you just used a bad example, but I don’t see anything wrong with that scenario.
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  Kara Brownmollymlf05
  6/30/16 5:49pm
  I have no problem with people—white or otherwise—doing work like this. What I do hate (and something I saw a lot when I lived in Cape Town for 5 months) is when people take pictures with children and then post them on the internet. I only shared images of kids whose names I knew and who I actually developed relationships with.
  
  I doubt she even knows their names. Take the pictures if you want (oftentimes the kids want to take pictures!) but flaunting them like that is gross. Plus, I rarely see people doing this when they visit France, Spain, Australia etc.
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randilynisFINDILYNKara Brown
6/30/16 5:36pm

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  schuretterandilynisFINDILYN
  6/30/16 5:43pm
  The most cringe worthy for me was the mirror one. They have fucking mirrors in Africa Debra. Jesus. Trust me that kid has seen his reflection before.
  
  Barf.
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barneyschurette
  6/30/16 5:46pm
  They have phones, too.
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ceykey7689Kara Brown
6/30/16 5:45pm
Okay please explain this shade to me. I am a white woman and have been to Ghana several times, I have a deep love for the culture and people, as well as the beautiful landscape. From my perspective, no Ghanaians have an issue or provide shade when I am there. Obviously I stick out like a sore thumb and am stared at and definitely pay a higher rate for lodging, food, knick knacks, etc but other than that there is no one rolling their eyes that a white person is there. It seems like Messing is enjoying her trip and trying to make the most out of, as well as doing good for the community. The community also seems to enjoy her presence. In MY experience, Ghanaians encourage you to embrace the culture such as jewelry, fabrics, etc. because it means you are spending money in their community. Idk, I realize writing this is going to get a lot of backlash but felt like I needed to type. I also really miss Ghana.
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  ceykey7689ceykey7689
  6/30/16 5:47pm
  After looking more closely I see that she is definitely taking advantage of the photo opportunities. So I get some of the shade.
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  Libraryanneagainceykey7689
  6/30/16 5:51pm
  I can’t speak for everyone, but my eyes began rolling when she failed to attach a name to any of the people she is displaying.
  
  I believe she means well, and is attempting to do good works, but unfortunately her photos use these people like props.
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Timothy WoodsKara Brown
6/30/16 5:39pm
I don’t get where she says she isn’t in Kansas anymore. There’s a restaurant in Liberal, Kansas that serves alligator. I’ve found it to taste like chicken, only it’s a lot chewier.
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  YoSupTimothy Woods
  6/30/16 5:44pm
  Pretty sure she would have the same attitude visiting Kansas as she does in Africa. But has she really never eaten in a decent Cajun restaurant in the United States?
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the BarneyTimothy Woods
  6/30/16 5:48pm
  Gator is pretty tasty, but yeah, chewy.
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JezebelEchoChamberKara Brown
6/30/16 5:39pm
I’m white, blonde, and 5'7". When I was in Hong Kong, people took pictures with and of me nearly every day, as if I were an animal on display in a zoo. It was never in bad spirit, though. I was just something different than they were used to seeing.
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  SaffronJezebelEchoChamber
  6/30/16 5:45pm
  What...Hong Kong is not a backwater. The British banker types all seem to be married to blond women and the sight of a white woman walking the streets of Hong Kong, or using the Metro or really doing anything is not at all unusual.
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  ZabellaJezebelEchoChamber
  6/30/16 5:48pm
  I’ve been told that a similar thing happens in Sweden if you’re not white, blonde, and tall.
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Blues-for-Mr-Charlies-AngelKara Brown
6/30/16 5:36pm
I never did before, but I hate Debra Messing now. Why couldn’t she visit poor whites in Tennesee? They have sex workers there too. They probably have their own condom dance as well!
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  dcgirl13Blues-for-Mr-Charlies-Angel
  6/30/16 5:42pm
  Probably because an NGO approached her and told her about all the good she can do. Because there are people who are going to donate because of her.
  
  Messing is a special kind of clueless, but there is a structural piece about how the NGO industry works as well.
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  RedVioletBlues-for-Mr-Charlies-Angel
  6/30/16 6:01pm
  I would love to see what she would pack.
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BurnerBonesKara Brown
6/30/16 5:38pm
Internet Woman Shits All Over Famous-ish Person Using Her Resources to Actually Help People, And Though She Might Be Blind to the Ways Her Privilege Shapes Her Perspective, It’s Still Far More Than Internet Woman Will Do

Though I guess that headline would have been a tad long :(
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the BarneyBurnerBones
  6/30/16 5:47pm
  She deserves to be shit on for hitting EVERY SINGLE tone-deaf trope of white people visiting Africa.
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  lyingliarwholiesBurnerBones
  6/30/16 5:49pm
  But couldn’t she just GO and not document it in this cringey self-referential way on Instagram? Helping people without an audience is still helping.
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DorthyDandridgeEyesKara Brown
6/30/16 5:39pm

GIF

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  benjaminalloverDorthyDandridgeEyes
  6/30/16 5:50pm
  I see your “fuck your shit” and raise you an “I can’t even”
  
  GIF
  
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Ladyheatherlee 2016 EditionKara Brown
6/30/16 5:49pm
The croc thing confuses me as I have seen gator on many an American menu. They aren’t really the same, but let’s be honest - they are totally the same. Fucking death monsters. I’d eat them all if I could. Nom.*

*obviously joking and do not support species extinction
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  AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdoLadyheatherlee 2016 Edition
  6/30/16 6:01pm
  It’s also just kind of offensive to take a pic of another cultures food as an “ew gross” thing. Although I would often like to take pictures of bottles of mayo and Instagram as such.
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  Cocopop!AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
  6/30/16 7:29pm
  
  UM, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS, LOL
  
  #LaughCryEmoji
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Burnerdette ChiracKara Brown
6/30/16 5:41pm
This seems like a lot of eyeliner for summer in Malawi.

On the other hand, I would like to know how she keeps her copious eyliner from running in summer in Malawi.

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  BakoGirl13Burnerdette Chirac
  6/30/16 5:48pm
  This is an important question.
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  AnirtakBurnerdette Chirac
  6/30/16 5:58pm
  Malawi is in the Southern Hemisphere, so it'd be winter. Or as winter as Malawi gets.
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