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Happy Pride Month, day 19, Juneteenth!
Jun. 19th, 2024 10:56 am19. I'm proud of what I've learned about anti-racism and managed to unlearn of ingrained racism. And of course there's always more to learn and unlearn. I'm proud that a friend feels safe talking to me about the racism she experiences.
I was one of those lurkers during RaceFail '09, silently reading and learning and hoping that when the time came to speak I wouldn't put my foot in it quite as badly. I'm proud to have learned about calling in rather than calling out.
Above link is by Sian Ferguson. The original article on calling in is by Ngọc Loan Trần on Black Girl Dangerous. I had to dig for that article because the idea has spread and most people don't credit original authors, especially BIPOC. Props to Sian Ferguson on Everyday Feminism for linking to the source.
In 2012 I took a 13-week Social Justice/Social Change class. (locked posts tagged social change class) It was disappointingly basic, and at the same time I absorbed background knowledge about how issues of oppression are framed, and that the instructors are only one step ahead of the students. We're all figuring this out together, and we're all going to mess up along the way.
Hopefully we learn and find new and different ways to mess up the next time, and hopefully we give each other space to learn. It's an ongoing balancing act, compassion for learning vs. boundaries and consequences for not learning or not trying. The people who try the least want the most "tolerance" and keep the focus on themselves.
Relevant footnote from Ngọc Loan Trần:
For Juneteenth I donated to two Black-run organizations, North By Northeast Community Health Clinic in Portland, just up the hill from where I used to live, and Power 4 STL Bullet-Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, where a friend volunteers as a spiritual counselor.
I was one of those lurkers during RaceFail '09, silently reading and learning and hoping that when the time came to speak I wouldn't put my foot in it quite as badly. I'm proud to have learned about calling in rather than calling out.
Above link is by Sian Ferguson. The original article on calling in is by Ngọc Loan Trần on Black Girl Dangerous. I had to dig for that article because the idea has spread and most people don't credit original authors, especially BIPOC. Props to Sian Ferguson on Everyday Feminism for linking to the source.
In 2012 I took a 13-week Social Justice/Social Change class. (locked posts tagged social change class) It was disappointingly basic, and at the same time I absorbed background knowledge about how issues of oppression are framed, and that the instructors are only one step ahead of the students. We're all figuring this out together, and we're all going to mess up along the way.
Hopefully we learn and find new and different ways to mess up the next time, and hopefully we give each other space to learn. It's an ongoing balancing act, compassion for learning vs. boundaries and consequences for not learning or not trying. The people who try the least want the most "tolerance" and keep the focus on themselves.
Relevant footnote from Ngọc Loan Trần:
This post is specifically about us calling in people who we want to be in community with, people who we have reason to trust or with whom we have common ground. It’s not a fuckery free-for-all for those with privilege to demand we put their hurt feelings first regardless of the harm they cause.
For Juneteenth I donated to two Black-run organizations, North By Northeast Community Health Clinic in Portland, just up the hill from where I used to live, and Power 4 STL Bullet-Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, where a friend volunteers as a spiritual counselor.
