It’s past goddamn tiring seeing white ppl lauded for saying the EXACT SAME THINGS POC say about racism but get apathy or hostility for.
— Flaming Pint Trota (@GeekMelange) July 21, 2015
It’s great when white allies get it. It really is. But it is a problem that POC’s words aren’t valid unless white ppl repeat them.
— Flaming Pint Trota (@GeekMelange) July 21, 2015
And it erases POC further when our words & experiences are ignored unless white allies repeat them & then get credit for our perspectives.
— Flaming Pint Trota (@GeekMelange) July 21, 2015
If you’re going to boost voices of white allies that get it, at bare minimum you should be boosting the voices of POC too.
— Flaming Pint Trota (@GeekMelange) July 21, 2015
I had to get out the MLK Fan and the church hat for those last retweets from @GeekMelange. Y’all she’s in my head & heart today
— Tanya D. (@cypheroftyr) July 21, 2015