I came across this the other day.
http://ift.tt/2kiWWhw
It's a guide for how to behave in an intersectional feminist gathering if you're a 'person of privilege'.
A few choice quotes:
(highlighting mine)
As I was reading it, my mind wandered to 17th century France and I speculated how mere lowly merchants might have been instructed to interact with the aristocracy. I'm thinking possibly:
'Abase yourself at all times, do not speak up, be grateful if they acknowledge your presence, never ever ask impudent questions. Thank them if they take the time to insult you and if they kick you, accept that they must have had good reason to, so don't behave that way again!'
Am I the only who sees this as a an instruction for how to behave when having low status among the low privilege-aristocracy ?
Also, I always saw this as a fairly reasonable venue when it came to feminism, but DAYUMNNN!
P.S. I'm presuming her use of "women and people" is just an insignificant oversight.
http://ift.tt/2kiWWhw
It's a guide for how to behave in an intersectional feminist gathering if you're a 'person of privilege'.
A few choice quotes:
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Those discussions in which those women and people used up their valuable time and labour in explaining to me and others the way in which the world operates on more than one oppressive axis, and why my white, middle-class view of the world is not a comprehensive or indeed accurate one |
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If I would still like to be enlightened on some of how they have come to the stance they have, and if I think that it would not hurt them to be asked, and if they have not expressly said they haven’t got the spoons to do the emotional labour of teaching me, I try to ask in as minimally demanding a way as possible if they could possibly explain a small bit of where they’re coming from on this |
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I do my utmost to accept however they respond in good faith and with good manners. A vital part of this is to accept what they respond with as fundamental truth and assume that all of their interactions with me are meant as well as that person can possibly mean it at that moment. |
As I was reading it, my mind wandered to 17th century France and I speculated how mere lowly merchants might have been instructed to interact with the aristocracy. I'm thinking possibly:
'Abase yourself at all times, do not speak up, be grateful if they acknowledge your presence, never ever ask impudent questions. Thank them if they take the time to insult you and if they kick you, accept that they must have had good reason to, so don't behave that way again!'
Am I the only who sees this as a an instruction for how to behave when having low status among the low privilege-aristocracy ?
Also, I always saw this as a fairly reasonable venue when it came to feminism, but DAYUMNNN!
P.S. I'm presuming her use of "women and people" is just an insignificant oversight.
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