Im reminded of being in a clubhouse sex worker room where I was surprised to find all the other black sex workers had come from significantly more advantaged positions than me; I was the only one who got into sex work cause I was very poor and had few other options.
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This was legitimately surprising cause I'd been hearing black rooms talk about being disadvantaged and I sort of assumed this meant at least some of the girls, statistically speaking, would have been worse off than me.
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But no, one had quit a six figure job cause sex work was doing better for her, another had done it just for fun as a side gig, another was in a secure life and her boyfriend urged her to try it. Every single one of them was wealthier and had more options than I'd had.
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But in those conversations, the fact I was homeless and sleeping on a friend's couch was irrelevant, because I'm white. Whiteness is privilege, so the disadvantages of my poverty weren't meaningful or tied into any broader narrative. Nobody in that room said anything about it.
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Just had this come up in a conversation today policy for prioritizing distribution of the vaccine. Someone suggested prioritizing on the basis of race because of COVID impact. I suggested other factors, such as poverty, type of employment, multi/family dwelling, etc., instead.
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It seemed the other person was using race as a proxy for lower-income, exposure & health risk factors linked to more severe cases of COVID-19, such as asthma, diabetes, or being pregnant. Focusing on those factors directly will include minorities at risk in race neutral fashion.
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using opinions with “should” with backed up arguments with the statistics based on the proximity of your personal history in this era of human civilization, you gotta dig deeper but significantly more of the human collective of history that has been ingrained for generations.
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How about basic logic. Re-read Aella's tweet. IF you are using race as a proxy for *wealth* THEN just use *wealth*. What Aella is saying is that you shouldn't assume that someone is rich or poor based on their race. What possible arguments could you present to refute this?
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The problem is not just wealth inequality. The problem is that even when people of color acquire wealth, they are still subject to higher levels of real discrimination based only on their skin color that can have significant effects on their lives beyond simple hurt feelings.
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This clip is satire, but it's the kind that is funny because it's painfully close to the truth of the situation:pic.twitter.com/xqVQ9Kl1ws
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