gvopedz Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 ...They inspired two popstars – The Boom Town Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure – to write the charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? It was hastily recorded by the super-group Band Aid. But the lyrics did not paint a full picture of the famine. They recycled many of the old colonial tropes of Africa as a barren land requiring western salvation... Geldof: “Colonial tropes” my arse. https://theconversation.com/band-aid-at-40-how-the-problematic-christmas-hit-changed-the-charity-sector-241649 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 7 hours ago, gvopedz said: ...They inspired two popstars – The Boom Town Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure – to write the charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? It was hastily recorded by the super-group Band Aid. But the lyrics did not paint a full picture of the famine. They recycled many of the old colonial tropes of Africa as a barren land requiring western salvation... Geldof: “Colonial tropes” my arse. https://theconversation.com/band-aid-at-40-how-the-problematic-christmas-hit-changed-the-charity-sector-241649 😵💫 .... and spot on feedback by Bob Geldof .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 Sir Bob as eloquent as ever "charitable has always given donors and charity workers what economist James Andreoni termed a “warm glow” as one of those workers, 'warm glow' isn't a common experience at all. Doing our best to empathise with clients' increasingly precarious situations and fighting ever tightening budgetary restrictions are a lot more common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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