Belle Gibson, Ruby Franke, and Amanda Riley will all have their lies, scams, and abusive actions dissected in television series and documentaries over the next several years, and I fear we won’t meaningfully address how whiteness works in this, and why they were able to get away with it for so long.
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The closer to the “top” you are (higher status, meeting the group ideal, etc), the better you are assumed to be and the more benefit of the doubt you’re entitled to.
The only way you get large families of compliant, “perfect” children who look good on camera is by abusing them until their spirits break.