The Savior Trope and the Modern Meanings of Whiteness

of Sandra Bullock A s she accepted the 2010 Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the 2009 film The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock gushed, “There’s no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love” (“Oscars 2010” 2010). ................
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