That’s why #BoycottGeorgia won’t work, can’t work. It’s not focused on our needs. It’s not supporting access and agency. This boycott isn’t about justice, it’s about the comfort of white liberals.
It ignores the most necessary fight: the one for reproductive justice.
Folks who participate in this call to #BoycottGeorgia are going to “stand for something” & they’ll be doing so on the necks of working class Black & brown folks who can birth, & the children who’ll be forced into poverty.
But, ya know... the hashtag is cute girl. It’s catchy.
The call to #BoycottGeorgia is more about the ego of white liberals than the lives & safety of working class birthers, esp Black folks who can become pregnant.
This is about y’all feeling good, “standing for something” without being inconvenienced. Don’t pretend it’s about us.
Y’all I’m a Black woman from Atlanta, #Georgia. I’ve had a miscarriage in this state. I grew up on the poverty line. I’ve had an abortion. I think this #BoycottGeorgia call is bullshit, and it pushes birthing folks deeper to the margins in the name of what? rage? That’s stupid.
This call to #BoycottGeorgia in the wake of #HB481 is the literal white liberal version of “thoughts and prayers” after a gun massacre.
We still gon die, but at least y’all feel better? Is that it?
Paul Kite
Alex Early