When I/we talk about black struggle being used by non-black folks for social capital and material gain, this is what's meant by it.
Yeah I'm not sure I find this cute or heartwarming, no way a black kid could get rewarded for doing the same thing.pic.twitter.com/TDUe1d61o0
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Everyone can be and is rewarded for their proximity to the black struggle & Black Lives Matter except for black people.
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How are you gonna make capitalizing on a popular and hypervisible movement a demonstration of solidarity? What even IS solidarity then?
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This looks much nastier coming from non-black folks of color than from white people. Because they help meet the "diverse but SAFE" quota.
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Lol I'm actually disgusted
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This combined with the fact he's got this branding as an activist looks and feels even dirtier to me.
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Let's get into THIS thread, please!https://twitter.com/atypewritersing/status/849108149072273408 …
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Not only could a black kid not get away with this, black kids are PUNISHED for supporting their own damn strugglehttps://twitter.com/atypewritersing/status/849110517264396288 …
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Black kids gotta figure out how to not alienate educational institutions when aligning themselves with certain kinds of movements.
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On my undergrad AND both rounds of postgrad admissions essays, I stuck to the corny bootstraps bullshit of being the daughter of immigrants.
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Because I had to demonstrate my activism without being too scary. I was way too wary of discussing Malcolm X or anything else "too radical."
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I talked about how lucky I was for my parents to be driven for me to get an education, how much luckier I am than cousins back home. AWFUL.
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And this kid - presumably with access to resources & capital - is rewarded for doing a thing we wouldn't even CONCEIVE of doing.
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That smarts, sha. That doesn't *feel* like an "ally." But call your politics & activism whatever you want.
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@tariqLuthun on why, in the broader scope of anti-racist action, Ziad's gesture means very very very littlehttp://blackyouthproject.com/why-stanford-accepting-the-teen-who-wrote-blacklivesmatter-100-times-on-his-application-does-little-for-black-lives/ …
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for the record, I wrote in praise of him doing it, but I definitely see your points as well.
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I know I saw. I respect you and respect your feelings, and black folks aren't obligated to be a monolith of opinions.
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I'm just deeply cynical or everything lol
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lol, no, but your train of thought occurred to me too.
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Congratulations
@ztsamudzi !!
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For what?
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you were admitted to the University!! or maybe I am losing my head
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This is about someone else. I'm a PhD student lol
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