Still lots of work from everyone, to help get full #HumanRights for all. LGBTQ2S are still under many threats. If you're an ally - especially one who isn't #marginalized & have privileges most of us vulnerable populations don't - please use your privilege to speak out more, stand up stronger & fight for full human rights.
Thank you. I post this in tribute to my queer cousin, who came out at age 50 ❤️❤️❤️
#Poverty & #FoodInsecurity have worsened in most of #Canada in the past year & most provincial governments aren't doing enough to address the problem, according to a just-released series of #ReportCards.
Locations around the globe are experiencing #ClimateDisasters on a regular basis.
Some of the most #marginalized populations experience disasters so often it has come to be normalized.
A #NewStudy from #UniversityOfKansas found residents of a #Seoul#SouthKorea, neighborhood have grown so accustomed to living through extreme #climate events they've developed a “disaster subculture” that challenges views of reality & how social agencies can help.
Gaza is often correctly identified as the world’s largest concentration camp.
Some people object to this on the grounds that Gaza does not resemble a Nazi death camp, because that is what they associate with the term “concentration camp.”
Here’s an example of this sort of mistake (or perhaps deliberate obfuscation):
As such deportation camps here alive now in the USA are just as much #ConcentrationCamps
In my state of #Florida equally the government is working to make concentration camps for the poor and adding "mental health professionals" on staff there
What I smell #eugenics - this is why I'm in great need and many other #disabled and #marginalized groups in the US are in great need
A #Vancouver publication's initiative is helping some of its vendors realize their #storytelling potential.
Since its inception in 2008, the #StreetMagazine Megaphone has been sold on the streets of Vancouver & #VictoriaBC by low-income vendors.
The magazine features stories of #underrepresented & #marginalized communities....giving people experiencing housing or job insecurity an accessible way to earn an income.
Many blame the poor for being unable to sustain their lives in the systems of this society - not realizing the fact that there are many #eugenics at play and this is some of what many of the #marginalized call systemic oppression
The #disabled community has been marked and labeled as "dangerous" as have #minorities and those living in #poverty
The truth is our existence stands as proof that "hard work" doesn't save you from death and despair or poverty
In reporting on #COVID19 , a common focus for media coverage has been to emphasize that the disease is a concern for the #vulnerable and #marginalized.
When media reporting highlights the presence of #comorbidities, it does so to make COVID Someone Else’s Problem, tapping into the "Just World" fallacy,”
@StillIRise1963 oh if they’re lucky they will be old people, but it’s weirder to watch how people treat disabled people as if they won’t someday become disabled them themselves.
In the United States, disabled people are the largest #marginalized group in the country. Yet everyone else thinks it’s fine to kill us off so that they can go into the grocery store without a mask on their face, do they not understand that they are only a #Covid infection or two away from #disability and #homelessness??
I would like to remind citizens of the world that it took years of huge protests for #USA govt to pull out of Vietnam. After millions of Vietnamese lives were lost.
#Protests DO work - except they take time & civilians are killed while government sits/waits to stop bloodthirsty & no-win campaigns of collective punishing violence. Protests against blood thirst, for #peace & calling for #ceasefires in active genocides and/or against #ProxyWars against #marginalized ppls is #HUMANITY IN ACTION.
When a blocklist that didn't list its perspective on the issue upfront gets involved in an intracommunity dispute
Especially but not exclusively when people outside of a community get involved in intracommunity disputes
There's a fine line to walk on these issues generally—a lot of fine lines, actually, and a lot of nuance that I'm not going to get into right now—but the caution is that blocklists are very easy to weaponize here
@hrefna
It also really needs to be stated that marginalized groups are in no way monolithic: this is one of the key points that makes persecution of us unjust. Not every member of a group has the same standards for who we want to interact with, and some of us would rather have a level of exposure just so we can be seen by these people.
That's not to say that there's anything wrong with these "safe spaces" they're trying to create. I think it's great that members of #marginalized groups have online spaces we can just exist on without being forced to deal with the blast of politics from people who don't want us to exist. I may be able to handle it, but no one should have to.
My main issue is when the people creating these #blocklist s don't want to acknowledge that they are erring on the side of caution compared to others. Exposure goes both ways: lowering exposure to the potentially hostile comes at the expense of potential reach.
A few people have pushed back on my admonitions about posting cat pics and regularly engaging on the dead bird site, They say that it's still the safest online place for BIPOC people. They rightly ask if I'm claiming to know what's best for them.
The answer is I obviously am NOT qualified to say what's best for black and brown folks. I realize that community and support are important. And if Twitter is where they feel most supported and safe, I encourage them to stay.
I'd only like to point out that it's not an exaggeration to say that Elon's goal in leading the bird is to compromise if not dismantle democracy and a free press. This is an existential threat that will affect all of us, no matter what our race, ethnic background, sexual orientation or gender identity is.
I'm really scared for our future. Twitter really IS a fascist-friendly platform that encourages and even pays for far-right extremist views. Things will not go well if this platform remains viable.