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“historically SWers have taken rich white mens’ money and given back to their communities since...”
Seeing plenty of think pieces and threads and posts FROM WW in the industry holding onto this notion of solidarity and community building w/ all their might
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face"> and conveniently +
Seeing plenty of think pieces and threads and posts FROM WW in the industry holding onto this notion of solidarity and community building w/ all their might
skipping over the part where historically WHITE SWers have always been invested in their very white communities at the expense of BIPOC https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">
the “sex worker” in front of “white” does not erase the harmful histories you are tied to
An example that constantly comes to mind when thinking of this: the development of major cities in the US and how much of a role SWers played
White SWers cannot detach themselves from colonizers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen"> they are very much so a part of that legacy
I also often weigh the difference culturally for us when this is stated. The differences historically. “SWers taking money from rich white men and putting it into their communities”
Shit, SWers taking money from whomever and putting it into community.
That means something much different for BlPOC. And our relationships with this dynamic throughout history varies. GREATLY.
