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When impact investing becomes savior complex

My impact investments are all in my same social class bubble and I realize I don't actually know the communities I think I'm helping or what they actually need.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The distance between investor and beneficiary creates space for projection and assumption rather than genuine understanding and relationship.

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