Dear intersectional feminists of Ethiotwitter:

why are you afraid of/refraining from delving into matters of ethnic justice in Ethiopia?

Is it the lack of nuance around the convo? Are you afraid you are not informed enough? Or do you not know the source of your fear? Other? https://twitter.com/ETFemtroll/status/1248869377707040768">https://twitter.com/ETFemtrol...

To be clear: I’m not suggesting that we should all be involved in/care about everything all the time. That’s not effective; there are only 24 hrs/day, we all have lives outside of our internet causes, and we only get one cheguara each. Picking our fights is a form of resistance.

I’m asking these questions because I don’t believe the silence re: ethnic justice comes from these sorts of pragmatic considerations. If that were the case, I think we would see some diversity. But this is such a virtual deafening silence that I suspect is coming from elsewhere.

finally, I’m not asking to judge. I’m no one to judge people who wanna engage in genuine convos on the issue. I grew up with some internalized Oromophobia myself and had to unlearn. Still unlearning. So, I’m approaching this with the desire to help uplift each other.

Somebody tweeted this, but they closed their account, so I& #39;m respecting their privacy and removing their name, but I want to address some important issues they raised here, so please see below 1/4

One: please see @TsedaleLemma& #39;s tweet and my response to it for why we should not conflate "ethnic politics" and "ethnic justice." https://twitter.com/AskMariam/status/1249359811982090246

2/4">https://twitter.com/AskMariam...