Recently, I’ve been asked how it feels to be a Black woman building a radical justice space with a White woman. I want to share a couple of aspects about how
and I understand solidarity and community.
🔔 Abolition and Liberation work is the work of All people. We are all inherently bound to one another. In order for one of us to be fully liberated- we ALL have to be fully liberated.
🔔 The unspoken requirement that this type of social labor is only viable in the hands of BIPOC is harmful and takes growth, sustainable change, and accountability away from those who hold dominant identities. It is a perpetuation of stolen labor for the benefit of whiteness and we reject that perpetuation.
🔔 This work (DEI, justice, liberation work or whatever you want to call it) has historically been done on the back of queer Black women. The partnership we have built allows my lived expereinces and expertise to shine, while offering me a reprive from always putting my identities and personhood on the line. That is what allyship is and the cosmos has seen fit to gift me a true selfless ally in this space.
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