I let about 99.8% of the bullshit I see slide by with barely a side eye.
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(2) I try to target the call-outs I do (BECAUSE THEY ARE EXHAUSTING) to coincide with those instances when there is institutional power and systemic impact. FOR INSTANCE, when someone is setting up a publishing house.
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This means that I will never call out “racism against whites” because whites *have* institutional power, and there is no systemic impact when people say things like the ones you have highlighted.
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(3) Sometimes people catch me at the wrong time, or I do it to demonstrate the kind of absolute bonkers shit I have to put up with, or I do what I’m doing with you—I let people know that you don’t get to take free potshots at me.
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(4) I would like to remind everyone on this app that I have rates. If you want me to use my platform to talk about the thing that is bothering you, here’s what you have to do.https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1215670859290927104?s=20 …
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And just as a reminder—that’s just to get my attention and my words. No guarantees that I will say the thing you want me to say. I do not belong to you, and just because I donate a lot of labor doesn’t mean my labor is free for the taking.
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(5) I’m not sure why I need more reasons why I didn’t call out a person I don’t follow, on a thread I wasn’t tagged into, but am I supposed to know everything that happens on this app? I am so fucking *sick* of being your diversity scapegoat. Cut it out. You all suck.
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(6) “The whites are at it again” is not a racist statement. It is a description of your behavior in this case. It is not racist is because there is no institutional, systemic bias against white people that the statement would reference.
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(7) Look, Brenda, I know that quote-tweeting you is mean, and it’s going to drop a bunch of people on your head, and I largely *don’t* do this shit. But you know what? It’s not going to drop as many people on your head as RWA dropped on mine, and you don’t give a fuck about that.
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You’re suddenly going to figure out what a power differential looks like when it’s me being mean on the internet. So take the L, stop crying because suddenly 20 people ask you to re-examine your privilege, and THINK.
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Imagine what it would be like having to swim uphill against a power differential that wasn’t ONE person, but your entire profession, your career, whether you got pulled over, whether your passports got issued...
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...and multiply by centuries of this history. Then ask yourself what “the whites are at it again” really means.
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