re: meta, racism, question
@chriscoreline @joepie91 "i will not do that labor for you" sure did irreversible harm to leftism and antibigotry
"listen to BIPOC/queer/disabled/otherwise marginalized people" but also "asking is telling them to do labor for you". but you know, if you're not asking then you are more prone to repeating bigoted rhetoric, often without realizing it. and i am pretty sure that marginalized people know best about their situation instead of allies, no?
you know. qui rogat non errat.
"listen to BIPOC/queer/disabled/otherwise marginalized people" but also "asking is telling them to do labor for you". but you know, if you're not asking then you are more prone to repeating bigoted rhetoric, often without realizing it. and i am pretty sure that marginalized people know best about their situation instead of allies, no?
you know. qui rogat non errat.
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re: meta, racism, question
@alexander @chriscoreline I mean, I agree with the idea that you shouldn't *expect* marginalized folks to explain things to you, because it *does* create an unreasonable amount of pressure on the most vulnerable folks, who constantly have to explain themselves.
But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be asking anything anymore at all either, because that creates the problem you describe where the proper solutions are unknown to people, hence trying to find ways (like the stand-alone question post) that ask but do not expect.
re: meta, racism, question
not everyone is a master at finding resources. not everyone is able to read long manifestos.
if you can't put your query like you're explaining it to a 5 year old, your activism frankly sucks. we should all aim to be accessible if we want antibigotry activism to make any sense.
(AND TO FUCKING PREFACE THIS: this is not to say to entertain sealioning or concern trolling. fuck that shit.)