15/ This is something that is a regular practice in social activist circles as you can see in this thread from Tressie McCottom: https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1195751104505626625 ….
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26/ If people have been temporarily removed, they have also been given the option to work thru issues to return back to the org. w/ members of the governing group. If you are an activist group, one of the issues is about fostering trust &working through issues,
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27/ something that is discussed in Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s piece “Five Years Later, Do Black Lives Matter” in regards to the
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organizers and activists and what she sees as in the end the failures of this social justice movementhttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/black-lives-matter-laquan-mcdonald-mike-brown-eric-garner …Show this thread -
28/ Taylor writes: “But without the opportunity to collectively assess, discuss, or ponder what the movement is or should be, those political disagreements [within organizations] can sometimes devolve into bitter personal attacks.
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29/ Among movement activists, acrimonious personal disputes were expressed throughout the social media landscape, creating an archival trove of material for state agents. It also fueled animosity and discord between people who had every interest in collaboration and solidarity.
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30/ Callout culture summoned attention to every transgression, armed with the belief that the act was committed with the worst of intentions. The goodwill that many imagined and wanted to rest at the heart of the movement could only be built upon trust and genuine relationships.”
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31/ I believe that this is what the members of Medievalists of Color, the scholarly and activist organization, voted into the constitution. [End]
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