Jameela Jamil is actually a very good example of why people ‘acknowledging privilege’ is so tokenistic and futile... well done you’ve ‘checked’ your privilege but have failed to give it up and still contribute to violent structures so...
Neoliberal notions of ‘privilege’ remove us from violent structures, and de-centre the oppressed... especially in the case of white privilege, it is not a ‘privilege’ to not be brutalised by the state?? It’s a basic human right like what is not clicking
this tweet is getting shared a little bit so just want to say these ideas should be very much credited to jade bentil and her analysis of privilege discourse and how it diminishes our complicity and active participation in violent white supremacist structures
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