The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.
Teju ColeStill, there's that faint glimmer of hope we feel when we sense, in other people, the same kind of attentiveness to life that we take comfort in. Why else would anyone watch Haneke films or read Sebald? The material is grim, but it's redeemed by the quality of the attention.
Teju Cole