Numan Attique – The Truth About The White Savior Complex

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The speaker discusses the idea that Islam has a gap in society and that individuals are seen as "igrams in culture" as opposed to "igrams in appearance." They argue that individuals need to consider their own values and needs when evaluating their partner's actions. The segment ends with a reference to "igrams in culture" as a label.
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The way they see themselves is that there
is this massive gap and Islam was going
through some sort of like civilizational evolution, the
golden age apparently, and then we were in
darkness, but then we inherited back what was
rightfully ours, which was a civilization from the
Romans and the Greeks, and in between Christianity
was just this really big dark phase.
Which is, number one, so ahistorical, right?
But nevertheless, they want to see themselves in
that light.
That, look, this is our path forward, this
is our civilization.
So they see, innately they see the East
as Islamic and the Other, and they see
themselves as the West.
The technical terminology is, they are the Occident,
we are the Oriental.
So they have to orient themselves towards us,
to look towards us, which is the East
from the West.
But that very dichotomization or separation is ahistorical,
it's not correct.
Number two is, it's not true, the level
of influence that Islam has had on the
West throughout history is unquestionable.
And vice versa, like the interaction between them,
it cannot be disputed.
Even Europe as a continent, if you look
at it, it's not really separate from the
mass land of Asia.
It's just that at some point they decide
to say, well, as a civilization we are
separate.
Okay, you know.
But again, it all comes back to this
idea of, we, the white man, are better
than the more darker-skinned people.
Because we are somehow uniquely God-given right
to control the world, and have an empire,
and rule.
So this is why even people, as yourself,
Bosnian, white, European, but apparently less European.
Less white, even though you guys are from
the Caucasus.
You guys are from the Caucasus, yeah, and
the people around that area.
But yet, less European, civilized, Western.
And I think, if we're not able to
think for ourselves in our own terminology, and
we keep having to refer back to them
in this manner and way, we're never going
to be able to break out of this
cycle of constant, we're better than them, but
yet we keep comparing ourselves to them.
We need to be able to think for
ourselves on our own terms, in our own
words.
And until that starts to happen, until we
start seeing ourselves as those that are exceptionally
better, because Allah has chosen us, as long
as until we forbid the evil, command the
good, walk the path of truth, change will
ever feel like it's just a step away.
So, we have to take that step.