Istilah penyelamat kulit putih merujuk kepada orang kulit putih yang bertindak menolong orang non-kulit putih. Peran tersebut dianggap merupakan versi modern dari apa yang diekspresikan dalam puisi "The White Man's Burden" (1899) karya Rudyard Kipling.[1]
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