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What did I just read - https://twitter.com/Vidyut/status/1391858493586563083
This has exactly the same energy as male allies hosting discussions to 'dismantle' the patriarchy, as many others have stated before.
How has that ever worked out? Almost always the "award me for doing the bare minimum in a space where I get to benefit from your suffering."
How has that ever worked out? Almost always the "award me for doing the bare minimum in a space where I get to benefit from your suffering."
To have a discussion about casteism is to acknowledge the role of UCs as oppressor castes, and that can only happen by acknowledging the oppression that has been enabled by marginalizing the DBA. For that we need to zip our traps and relegate our space.
If the presence of one UC person in a discussion on caste is triggering it is because historically Oppressor Caste individuals have tone policed and gaslighted the DBA on issues that the former cannot begin to fathom. Indubitably that is what the original thread has turned into.
It is a tremendous disservice and extremely triggering to court such an exclusionary discussion on a subject, especially in times when most platforms are still dominated by oppressor caste individuals.
No matter what the good intent may have been, the unwillingness to acknowledge
No matter what the good intent may have been, the unwillingness to acknowledge
and therefore commit to doing better by participating better, in the manner most reassuring is something to abhor.
Our job as allies is to NOT HOG a discussion on a subject we have lived experience, because the very nature of our participation or 'assertion' can be triggering.
Our job as allies is to NOT HOG a discussion on a subject we have lived experience, because the very nature of our participation or 'assertion' can be triggering.
All we need to do really is stfu, listen and learn from the wisdom of those kind enough to share the same with us. Heck we've been told that over and over again.
It is simply appalling to assume that the opposition you're getting now is simply because of some vendetta or personal malignance, or because so many youngsters out here have misunderstood your intent. That really isn't it.
All you have to do is listen.
(Take this thread down, and listen. There is no victim mentality you're pandering to, just the bare minimum you can do as an ally.)
(Take this thread down, and listen. There is no victim mentality you're pandering to, just the bare minimum you can do as an ally.)
