[Albion] Good on you Stacey Dooley

Springal said:

We might as well just not bother, and let other African countries raise money for 'their own' then, or whatever point he is trying to make.

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gazingdown said:

Even if Lammy was right (he very much isn’t) about “white saviours” etc., the recipients of the charity really don’t care what “message it sends out”, they just want and need food and medical care and help.

Anyone getting in the way of this (i.e. Lammy with his comments potentially putting off “white saviours” is simply adding to the problems of those needing charity. He doesn’t offer them any solutions.

Simply, I’m strongly of the opinion that Lammy is simply a racist and his “agenda” trumps people getting aid. Note that he does not criticise Lenny Henry, who according to Lammy’s logic is a “western saviour” so motivation for helping is the same thing as “white saviours”, the only difference is skin colour. Lammy’s MO.

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Lenny Rider said:

Apologies for the basic cutting and pasting.


'If the issue is that I'm white... you could always go': Stacey Dooley hits back in 'no more white saviours' row after MP David Lammy slams her on Twitter for encouraging stereotypes by travelling to Uganda for Comic Relief
•Stacey Dooley, 31, is filming a documentary in Uganda with charity Comic Relief
•Instagram pictures show her filming in the country and meeting the locals
•Labour MP David Lammy accused her of perpetuating an 'unhelpful stereotype'
•Comic Relief criticised in the past for using 'poverty porn' in their charity appeals

By Rod Ardehali and Sarah Finley For Mailonline

Published: 23:26, 27 February 2019 | Updated: 08:24, 28 February 2019


Stacey Dooley is today at the centre of an extraordinary race row with Labour MP David Lammy after he said her Comic Relief trip to Uganda is part of Britain's 'white saviour' complex in Africa.

The 31-year-old investigative reporter and Strictly star was involved in a Twitter spat with Mr Lammy over her charity documentary and hit back: 'If the issue is that I'm white... you could always go'.

Mr Lammy rebuked her for appearing in a programme in Uganda which he says promotes 'tired and unhelpful stereotypes' and encourages a 'white saviour' complex - but insisted his attack was not personal.

Strictly star, Miss Dooley is in Africa filming for the charity and posted pictures on Instagram of local women dancing and of children hugging her.


However, the Tottenham MP accused Miss Dooley of showing a 'distorted image of Africa' and perpetuating a 'colonial era' mentality that suggests white people are the solution to poverty in deprived parts of the world.

Mr Lammy, 46, acknowledged Miss Dooley's 'good motives' but bemoaned the British celebrity trope of travelling to Africa to film charity appeals.

Miss Dooley, whose documentary focuses on Malaria and neonatal clinics, responded to the MPs twitter remarks and highlighted the £1billion raised by Comic Relief since it was founded in 1985 by the comedian Lenny Henry.

Labour MP David Lammy criticised Stacey Dooley for appearing in a Comic Relief documentary in Uganda which promotes 'tired and unhelpful stereotypes' and for encouraging a 'white saviour' complex

Documentary maker Stacey Dooley has been criticised for not meeting up with a No White Saviours group while on a charity trip to Uganda


Labour MP David Lammy criticised Stacey Dooley for appearing in a Comic Relief documentary in Uganda which promotes 'tired and unhelpful stereotypes' and for encouraging a 'white saviour' complex

Dooley, 31, is currently filming with Comic Relief about neonatal clinics and malaria in Uganda.

Mr Lammy did acknowledge Miss Dooley's 'good motives' but bemoaned the British celebrity trope of travelling to poorer parts of Africa to film Comic Relief packages


Writing on social media, Mr Lammy said: 'The world doesn't need anymore white saviours. As I've said before, this just perpetuates tired and unhelpful stereotypes.'

The MP added: 'Let's promote voices from across the continent of Africa and have a serious debate.'

Addressing Miss Dooley directly, he said: 'This isn't personal and I don't question your good motives. My problem with British celebrities being flown out by Comic Relief to make these films is that it sends a distorted image of Africa which perpetuates an old idea from the colonial era.'

Miss Dooley replied: 'Is the issue with me being white? (Genuine question) ...because if that's the case, you could always go over there and try raise awareness [sic]?

'I saw projects that were saving lives with the money. Kids lives.'

Mr Lammy added that it's 'complacent to suggest that colonial attitudes are dead', and pointed to the Oxfam scandal, where white aid workers volunteering in Haiti sexually exploited women living in desperate poverty.




Its for charity FFS, but don't let that stop another out of touch MP playing the race card...........

Having sponsored a lad in an orphanage in Uganda for the last 10 years, and he has a number of Albion and England shirts sent out by Harty Junior, the kids wouldn't care what colour the person was who was helping them..

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Wrong-Direction said:

Shock horror another Labour MP is shown out to be a ****.

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Sussex Nomad said:

Warning: The below will not fit Lammy's agenda.

Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey founded Oprah’s Angel Network to promote helping others, but her most notable work to date has to be the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa—opened in 2007– which aims to help low-income girls receive an education.
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Don Cheadle
Ante Up For Africa is a non-profit organization founded by Don Cheadle, Annie Duke and Norman Epstein dedicated to raising money and awareness for Africans in need.
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Blair Underwood
The actor co-founded Artists for a New South Africa, a nonprofit organization working in the U.S. and South Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, assist children orphaned by the disease, advance human and civil rights, educate and empower youth, and build bonds between our nations through arts, culture, and our shared pursuit of social justice.
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John Legend
In Africa, Show Me works with Millennium Promise to provide clean water, health care, education and other basic tools that break the cycle of poverty.
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Dikembe Mutumbo
A well-known humanitarian, the now-retired Congolese American basketball star started the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve living conditions in his native Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997.
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Isaiah Washington
Actor and philanthropist Washington (who played Dr. Preston Burke on TV’s Grey’s Anatomy) has teamed up with the organization Waves 4 Water to provide water filters and construct rain water catching devices to promote sustainable water systems in some of the poorest villages in the world. Waves 4 Water has been involved at ground zero of disaster relief efforts in places such as Bali, Sumatra and Haiti to make drinking water safe again for earthquake and tsunami victims and villages affected by diseases such as cholera.
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Liya Kebede
The Liya Kebede Foundation is committed to ensuring that every woman, no matter where she lives, has access to life-saving care. The Ethiopian model, actress, fashion designer, and activist, who is the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, started her charity in 2008.
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Akon
He started the Konfidence Foundation, a nonprofit organization, dedicated to increasing public awareness of the conditions in Africa and providing underprivileged youth with access to learning and recreational environments equipped with modern technology, educational materials, recreational resources, and health and wellness services.
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Denzel Washington
Washington definitely has a soft spot for helping others. Besides being the national spokesman for the Boys’ and Girls’ clubs of America, Washington supports the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund where he is a lifetime founder member. In 2006, he donated $1 million to Save Africa’s Children, a charity based in Los Angeles that cares for orphans in Africa, where he is the honorary chairperson and where Angela Bassett sits on the Board of Directors.

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Giraffe said:

Edited for you.

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Westdene Seagull said:

So it's not OK for white people to help back people ? What a bizarre rant ! For decades black people have rightly been saying that they are discriminated against because the colour of their skin. Now a black MP attacks a project because of the colour of someones skin. What a hypocrite. The guy's clearly a moron.

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Sussex Nomad said:

And if the 'white saviours' said screw this, don't need the negative media and all boycotted, how long before they're accused by the likes of Lammy of doing nothing for third world poverty?

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Springal said:

We might as well just not bother, and let other African countries raise money for 'their own' then, or whatever point he is trying to make.

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NooBHA said:

There are some Celebrities who are there just waiting for Cilla Black to pop up and say ''Surprise Surprise''

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Hastings gull said:

Absolutely. Lammy is a rabble rouser of the first order.

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FIVESTEPS said:

I would have sympathy for African states if they did more to help themselves.Ethiopias population at the time of band aid was 40 million it is now 105 million,a population explosion isn't wise in a country susceptible to famine.

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