this is basically what most critiques of white feminism & white disability activism have in common; many of us have been conditioned by white supremacy to react to all feedback as if we’re being buried alive, and it makes us terrible allies.

BBbennessb.bsky.socialOct 22, 2023 1:58pm

I’ve been confronting a lot of ableism in my life this year, and it’s become pretty clear to me that oppression & white supremacy self-replicate interpersonally via abusive conflict regardless of which axis of oppression is at play. in August I briefly had the brain juice to explain it in an email:

I didn't know you were here! So glad to see you!

power is contextual. our struggles are connected. learning to engage in generative conflict is worth it.