After waging war on ‘white saviourism’ and exposing scandal, NWS imploded after co-founder Kelsey Nielsen was accused of abusing her white privilege – and black staff
, a German accused of sexually abusing underage Ugandan girls, who died before the end of his trial.
in the US prompted difficult conversations on race and the role of allies. Some of the campaign’s followers began to question Nielsen’s front-seat role in the organisation. As NWS evolved from being a social media-led campaign into an organisation, many of its blindspots surfaced. Alaso says because Nielsen was American, the organisation opted to open its US-based financial accounts under her name. Nielsen also facilitated its registration as a non-profit in the US, where the organisation received most of its funding, which made it eligible for tax exemptions.
Alaso did not escape criticism when NWS’s problems began to surface on Twitter last month. Many of the organisation’s supporters believed she was at the helm, with Nielsen playing a supportive role.
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