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I know "allies" aren& #39;t real because Black women fight for everyone else and we& #39;ve never had a special title for it.
"Allyship" is only a thing when white people want unearned credit for little investment or work.
We& #39;ve gotta move past the "ally" era of valorizing white people& #39;s disproportionately small contributions to end racial and gender injustice. It centers whiteness and ultimately does more harm than good.
I& #39;m not suggesting we all adopt the terms of whiteness. I& #39;m suggesting that we stop using whiteness as a model for doing the work. https://twitter.com/peace2u12/status/1277603004217253889?s=19">https://twitter.com/peace2u12...
Also, this. The setting apart is a process meant to add special worth to white people& #39;s social justice work. As if it is somehow more important and harder. https://twitter.com/DearSplenda/status/1277603445571227648?s=19">https://twitter.com/DearSplen...
Zora Neale Hurston told us that Black women were seen as the "mules uh de world" and, here we are, now calling white people "allies" for co-opting, watering down, and repackaging that work.
I feel like writing a book about this is probably a good move.
