#don't expect me to be civil about antiblackness and the ongoing genocide of black and native peoples | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

the-everqueen · 8 months

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"well said," "articulate," "we need more civil discussion like this" = red flags for me, personally, because while i think being legible has a political use-value, legible and civil as concepts are always premised on dominant modes of thought. in other words, you can't only listen to marginalized persons when they speak real nice and don't make anyone uncomfortable. civility and comfort aren't how any of us get free.

#whoops the disc horse #don't expect me to be civil about antiblackness and the ongoing genocide of black and native peoples #this shit ain't in the past; it's here in our present #what are you doing to counteract black and native death NOW?#think about under what conditions mis primos have been openly murdered #under the guise of presenting a ''threat''#mis primos y primas who were shot for reaching for a wallet; for yelling at a cop while unarmed; for being disabled in public #i get that ''well said'' is a holdover for a lot of ppl from public school or college where you were required to respond in some way #i get it's not intended as tone policing #i'm just saying...consider which things you find palatable vs which you don't #being angry about racism and exclusion should be the norm. not calm.

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