Aurin (ki, ki, kis)Mar 21

Privilege really messes with data.

Privileged people, like conformist* white men for example, will not know what the heck they are talking about and still have all the confidence in the world and speak with authority - and be listened to and taken seriously!

Marginalised people who DO know what they know, on the other hand, are neither asked nor even often tolerated to speak about it. When we do, we often downplay our expertise and certainty and are not believed, are doubted, belittled or have our ideas and concepts stolen. Or attacked. Or both, somehow.

*I added "conformist" here at the suggestion of a friend bc being a man, or white, isn't in itself the problem. It's when they lean into and abuse their unearned privileges that's the problem

#privilege #socialJustice #SocialJustice101

Show thread Aurin (ki, ki, kis)Feb 4

*grumbles* in general, when you're upset about wrongs, make a habit of considering the perspective of the VICTIMS, not only the perpetrators. Yes, we need to do something about them. But not by verbally and rhetorically revictimising the victims.

It's like they were cast as non-people by whoever wronged them, and then well meaning people come along and try to oppose the wrongs, while in their minds, the non-people are still non-people. Poor, beautiful, innocent non-people who shouldn't be wronged, but non-people nonetheless.

If you pay attention, you can see this dynamic play out everywhere on basically any topic.

#dehumanisation #othering #SocialJustice #SocialJustice101