When not appropriating cultural commodities (including art, etc.), European colonizers often took one of two positions regarding non-material aspects of the cultures of "others" - such as beliefs, lifestyles, languages, etc.

1. They viewed the "others" as not civilized, their cultures of little or no intrinsic value.

or

2. They saw themselves as somehow "belonging" to and able to "rescue" or "improve" those cultures, or members of those cultures - the image of the "white savior" (Lawrence of Arabia is one of the most famous)

We can all think of examples of the first in both the real world, and in the media.

The second of those has also long been a part of commercial media produced in the West, as exemplified (and critiqued) in the following video remix of clips from a range of movies:

(please copy and paste on link below)

https://youtu.be/gWSiztP2Rp0

What do you think have been some of the impacts of such imagery, which has been viewed both in the West, and around the world, over such a long time?

Who do you think has been impacted?

How have they been impacted?

Do you think that there have been changes to the "white savior" trope in the movies (movies that show whites as the ones who become the hero in non-white settings)?

If so, what changes?

If not, please explain.

What about other media?

thank you for all your help