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.

Hopefully that makes sense? It's def not up to me to say whether or not it's a good use of privilege but it's on me to listen to different view points & hold serious space for these criticisms as there's a lot to reflect on by way of optical allyship vs solidarity.

I can’t help but feel like, yeah, it was brave because they could have decided to attack, but also reinforces the privilege she has because of the body she has.