you've nailed exactly why i hate tumblr based sj discourse, especially concerning the term privilege
i also think people think that if they lack privilege in one area then it absolves them of responsibility when dealing with people who lack privileges that they themselves do have if that makes sense
like white queers who think they can't be racist, shit like that, tumblr sj makes it so that we're all on an equal playing field re: privilege and "no one should play oppression olympics" and shit like that when, no, actually, that's not how it works
the way i see people acting is like they're clinging to the one area they can claim oppression in. and it's not like if you're rich that means that your mental illness doesn't affect you or if you're white your sexuality doesn't affect you but everybody wants that trump card like it means they can say or do whatever they want without examining intersecionality. if that makes sense?
the way i see people acting is like they're clinging to the one area they can claim oppression in
yes this exactly, it makes it so that you are only ever defined by one thing and you're never affected by anything else when that's the farthest thing from the truth, it's damaging and it definitely makes it so that people can avoid intersectionality when intersectionality is imo one of the most important things in any movement
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:23 am (UTC)(link)i also think people think that if they lack privilege in one area then it absolves them of responsibility when dealing with people who lack privileges that they themselves do have if that makes sense
like white queers who think they can't be racist, shit like that, tumblr sj makes it so that we're all on an equal playing field re: privilege and "no one should play oppression olympics" and shit like that when, no, actually, that's not how it works
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:26 am (UTC)(link)the way i see people acting is like they're clinging to the one area they can claim oppression in. and it's not like if you're rich that means that your mental illness doesn't affect you or if you're white your sexuality doesn't affect you but everybody wants that trump card like it means they can say or do whatever they want without examining intersecionality. if that makes sense?
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:29 am (UTC)(link)yes this exactly, it makes it so that you are only ever defined by one thing and you're never affected by anything else when that's the farthest thing from the truth, it's damaging and it definitely makes it so that people can avoid intersectionality when intersectionality is imo one of the most important things in any movement
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:35 am (UTC)(link)no subject
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