I promise you the people devoting hours to hand-wringing over white people doing yoga or wearing dreadlocks will never improve the world.
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Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal I think this is a straw man argument.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sirosenbaum
@sirosenbaum Eh, not saying there's no legit convos there. But a lot of people seem to be devoting a lot of time to appropriation stuff1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal People struggling with actual oppression often either don't pick battles, or pick ones that are less crazy-making3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sirosenbaum
@jessesingal It's a kind of spillover effect, a corona, around real and vital activist work and conversation.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sirosenbaum
@sirosenbaum not gonna lie -- these kids don't strike me as oppressed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/23/university-yoga-class-canceled-because-of-oppression-cultural-genocide/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal I don't know if they're oppressed; they're trying to deal with oppression. There's a learning curve.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sirosenbaum
@jessesingal kids hit college and have their eyes opened to some facts abt their world, and then blunder around trying to Do the Right Thing2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sirosenbaum Sure. I don't think they're trying very hard to deal with oppression
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