NGO Mama Hope worked with Gabriel, Benard, Brian and Derrik, the Kenyan men in this video, to challenge “the over-sensationalized, one-dimensional depictions of African men and the white savior messaging that permeates our media.”
I know that Jian never became a CBC host to give hope to the Iranian diaspora; we only idolized him because racism in this society was so rampant. But when the allegations surfaced, I still felt betrayed.