1/ Holy hell does @freddiedeboer nail the limitations of performative allyship. Damn.
I'd just add one thingpic.twitter.com/W8CotWfrxC
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@realmrkimbell @hoodedu and sometimes worse. giant, inequality-exploding corporations winning kudos for token gestures
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell Maybe people giving them kudos think the gestures are impt? sometimes?
@hoodedu @realmrkimbell the point is it lets people with power off the hook way too easily. lets them get away with stuff
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell I mean, we'd have to look at cases.
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell But in any case that seems pretty analytically different than jumping on social media to tell someone
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell that they are performing.
@hoodedu @realmrkimbell surely there have to be cases of this you think are mostly about virtue signallingpic.twitter.com/gnCUTwdzZP
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell Corporations aren't performing for social capital. They're performing for capital capital.
@jessesingal @realmrkimbell That seems like it's a much easier issue to pin down. imo.
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