Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

White Privilegehttps://twitter.com/DonovanFarley/status/1284411412672999425 …

Using white privilege for good

This falls in line with discourse around acts of bravery & daring that white privilege inherently enables that often are praised in a way that unintentionally pulls focus. Put another way, an equivalent degree of risk assumed for BIPOC is inherently a more subtle act.

That's not to say this isn't bad ass & obviously takes differ but in listening to a variety of perspectives, the point has been raised that privilege is often absent from conversations around striking actions. What that means isn't for me to judge but def appreciate the dialogue.

I guess I'd like to learn more about what the real-world lessons of this take are. Because in practice what it usually seems to do is tear down acts of bravery (which, this exact fed line fucked up my leg, this person was very brave) without suggesting alternatives

(I am always open to learning more, this is not a rhetorical question)

So, those disclaimers in mind: - opinions vary, listen to all of them - if ppl find this harmful rather than helpful, why? - if you want to do something visible, were you asked or encouraged by the ppl you're doing it for? - is a given action the *best* use of privilege? /1