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About those safety pins...
I saw the posts, of course (wear a safety pin so minority groups know you are an ally), and remember the same thing going round after Brexit.
But this post struck me:
Dear White People, Your Safety Pins Are Embarrassing
Highlights:
"We don’t get to make ourselves feel better by putting on safety pins and self-designating ourselves as allies. And make no mistake, that’s what the safety pins are for. Making White people feel better. They’ll do little or nothing to reassure the marginalized populations they are allegedly there to reassure"
"Also, you know who is going to be out wearing safety pins like crazy? Trump voters." <- this has already come true
Read the whole thing, it's good and unflinching and sobering and necessary. I was ambivalent about sharing it, because it *isn't* up to white people to decide in what way other groups need (or don't need) help. But since the game is already up, I thought people might like to read it.
This is how he ends it:
"I recommend carrying a big sign. You can make your own, it’s easy. On the sign you should write, in big bold letters, “BLACK LIVES MATTER.”
And hey, if you want you can use your safety pin to fix it to your shirt"
But this post struck me:
Dear White People, Your Safety Pins Are Embarrassing
Highlights:
"We don’t get to make ourselves feel better by putting on safety pins and self-designating ourselves as allies. And make no mistake, that’s what the safety pins are for. Making White people feel better. They’ll do little or nothing to reassure the marginalized populations they are allegedly there to reassure"
"Also, you know who is going to be out wearing safety pins like crazy? Trump voters." <- this has already come true
Read the whole thing, it's good and unflinching and sobering and necessary. I was ambivalent about sharing it, because it *isn't* up to white people to decide in what way other groups need (or don't need) help. But since the game is already up, I thought people might like to read it.
This is how he ends it:
"I recommend carrying a big sign. You can make your own, it’s easy. On the sign you should write, in big bold letters, “BLACK LIVES MATTER.”
And hey, if you want you can use your safety pin to fix it to your shirt"