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#Privelege

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t_chalco

#2024Election numbers suggest no significant bump in Trump votes over the 2020 elections. Yet some 10 million votes did not turn out for Harris. The current demographic breakdown shows largely suburban white men missing. The state of #uspolitics reflects rejection of #neoliberalism. Apathy from those with #privelege leads to #populism. This indifference hits hardest those with the least voice. Please give care to those in need, organize locally, and give yourself the grace to carry forward.

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Blake Leyh

I bought three peaches at the Columbia Farmers market on Thursday morning, the first of the season. Two yellow, one white. They weren't ripe so I put them in a brown paper bag for 48 hours. This morning, they are perfect. Juicy, sweet, aromatic.

May everyone eat perfect peaches in troubled times.

An outstretched open hand holding half a peach cut to reveal the inner flesh and the pit. The peach flesh is dark red towards the outer layers and bright yellow in the center. The background is an old wood floor, with a beam of blue light coming in from the upper left.
#Fruit#Summer#Privelege
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I have to share this. So my partner is on the DEI board for a nonprofit org, which consists of my partner, a gay black woman, a Latina woman, and a straight white guy.

I was working from the other room and overhead some of their meeting.

The guy, (Fred? Doug? Something like that. Let's say Fred), had coopted the meeting for the last hour. He was going on about how he didn't think the org needed a DEI committee...it went something like:

"Race is an outdated social construct."

"I don't see color or gender."

"If everyone was just chill like me, there wouldn't be an issue."

And so on.

I heard my partner trying to gently reign in his monopoly on the discussion:

"Maybe we should hear from one of the other members about their lived experiences?"

He kept going; transitioning into the topic of "handout programs":

"I mean, the opportunities are there. Maybe the story was different in the past, but now they just have to work for it like anyone else."

Note: my partner was (nearly still)born into poverty, abuse, a broken child welfare system, and has multiple chronic conditions.

I could hear the frustration in my partner's voice. No one else spoke up.

My partner got up and left the call for a bit. Fred didn't seem to notice, as I could hear him still talking away in the background.

Eventually the meeting ended.

The other two women said they thought they got a lot out of the meeting, and that Fred brought up some good points (though I must of missed those ones from the other room).

My partner came into my office and recapped the meeting in one looong sentence (they were rather agitated).

So what's the moral of this story?

If you don't know why diversity, equity, and inclusion are necessary, then you're probably the reason.

If you refer to inclusion and social systems as "handout programs" then you have probably lived a priveledged fucking life.

If you're sitting on a DEI board full of LGBTQIA+/BIPOC people and none of those letters apply to you, then you'd better pay close attention to the collective lived experiences and perspectives of those other members.

If all the above apply to you, then you're probably Fred (and feeling pretty called out).

Don't be Fred.

#DEI#LGBTQIA#BIPOC
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skua

@chargrille

Thanks for your posts.
Your list of youtube videos to watch was helpful.
Especially the three below.

#GaborMaté #HenrySiegman #IlanPappe

Biden seems to be an idiot around Gaza.

Geopolitics is conducted mainly by those who suffer little consequence from their decisions. 😔

Now #GoodFortune, #Luck and #Privelege allow me to go and cleanup mu backyard. Luxury, abundance

Henry Siegman
democracynow.org/2014/7/30/hen

Gabor Maté
youtube.com/watch?v=ph9XF39yjg

Ilan Pappe
democracynow.org/2014/7/28/pro

Democracy Now! · Henry Siegman, Leading Voice of U.S. Jewry, on Gaza: “A Slaughter of Innocents”By Democracy Now!
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Richard Jones

The biggest , it seems to me, for those of us in the that is the is to break the shackles of centuries of . I can toot a mediocre and get reboosted (I always use obviously). is the western world’s premier . But how do we ? Not all of you will share my , of course. But I my , , , , and (as well as the ) equally.

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Ezme

Can I just say FUCK #iep meetings and #sped departments! Seriously the amount of shit you have to fucking wade through to get your #disabled child basic supports is BS! I have a HUGE amount of #Privelege as a white, cis, able bodied appearing queer womxn in a heteronormative relationship. I can only imagine how horrible Black and Brown folx with disabilities are treated in these institutionalized meetings. I was literally having a #panicattack due to the stress. Just provide the DAMN services!

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