Exactly, I fought for LGBT+ equality for years and continue to do so for other countries at the moment and I've been asked many times if I'm gay, because people assume you have to be in that group to care
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Replying to @adtwyman @melisheath and
Great. And still, all the pushback you've encountered here is valid and important. You seem to want validation for the good things white men have participated in without accepting any responsibility for the bad. That's not how it works.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @adtwyman and
We don't (or shouldn't) do the work to get pats on the back. We should do it because we're the ones with the privilege required to solve the problem. And because people with that same privilege caused the problem in the first place.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @adtwyman and
And if generalizatons about white ppl hurt our feelings, we should remember that our privilege means all the generalizations in the world don't cost us a thing. We've never been in danger of losing rights because of our race in this country — and we're the only ones.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @adtwyman and
Same for straight people, and cis-male people. And for that reason, because we're unique in that way, it's selfish and damaging when we derail a PoC's point by making it about our hurt feelings.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @adtwyman and
It's great that you fight for civil rights. And you — and I, and all of us — have lots more challenging, internal work to do to become the allies we need to be if we're going to achieve what we say we want. These conversations are hard, but this is how we grow.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @adtwyman and
I appreciate that. Yes we do. And sometimes that means seeing where we can agree even if there are other points on which we disagree. There is too much at stake right now.
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Replying to @melisheath @adtwyman and
And I appreciate that. I just think when a white man says 'let's see how you like it when we stop helping' because he's not getting enough credit for, say, ending slavery... the onus for 'seeing where we can agree' should be largely on him.
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Replying to @TheRebeccaMetz @melisheath and
I agree that people shouldn't be racist douches to people on either side of thing, it's not a complicated position to have
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Replying to @adtwyman @melisheath and
No it isn't. As long as you recognize that making generalizations about white people isn't racism. Here's why. https://hellogiggles.com/news/racism-against-white-people-doesnt-exist-in-america-and-heres-why-it-never-will/ …
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Let's just be kind, please. We're on the same side. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”
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Replying to @yerbasuena @TheRebeccaMetz and
I was quoting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. So there's that.
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