... personally I have more than one episode in my personal history of firmly rejecting grifters trying to “represent” me. This does not mean I haven’t benefitted from thoughtful individual and institutional efforts, both one-off and structural, to benefit classes I’m part of.
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Gandhi stub. I don’t want to overstate his role in the global story here. He’s just a key reference point for me personally for obvious reasons. To be Indian you have to sort out how you feel about Gandhi, just as you have to do that re MLK if you’re black https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1295040796593283072?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1295040796593283072 …
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While we’re on the subject, most stuff expected of white people like the white fragility book, is bullshit. Probably the biggest thing for white people to do is realize that these battles that are live ones for many groups, are deep in the past of European history for you.
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To the extent you can unconsciously enjoy many freedoms others must consciously craft, that ability rests on battles fought hundreds of years ago for you. There are basically no groups currently living that did not at some point in the past have to fight for justice.
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Social justice is not a minority story. It’s a universal story. All humans must at some point fight for justice because all humans are capable of being monstrously unjust to others. It’s the same fight. The fight against monsters includes the fight against your inner monster.
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This is the meaning of “nobody is free until everybody is free.” The hard part is recognizing that this is not just something to preach at the currently privileged, oblivious of the poisons in their freedoms. It’s a call for the currently oppressed to face their inner monsters.
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Thanks for writing this. Also, if you haven’t read already, this is a informative read. Policies are neither left nor right - they are economic to support those in power short or long in exploitation. It’s a question of who is sucked into their game and personal sacrifice.pic.twitter.com/acNPlsJmMy
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