Black people: always used as positive or negative foils for non-black movements for justice (@AWeheliye writes about this in recently book).
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Replying to @aurabogado
I keep going back to this idea, mostly because it discomforts me—I've too often compared x thing the oppression of black people.
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Replying to @aurabogado
I think I've made a good attempt to stop, but it's so... tempting. I see it all the time.
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Black pain is so... available. That's disturbing. Why is black pain so available to the rest of us, who don't even feel it?
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@aurabogado The way I see it, blackness isn't afforded humanity. Use of pain is exploitative rather than empathetic.1 reply 6 retweets 8 likes
Replying to @ztsamudzi
@ztsamudzi It most certainly is.
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