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Post by jeremysgirl on Sept 25, 2019 14:04:15 GMT
I agree with you. And many are still doing it. And that stupid Candice chick is a black woman silencing black women. It's sick. Candace is but one black woman. Just like me. I wished everyone treated her with the same reverence I get here hahahaha I promise if we ever come face to face, I'll give her the what for!
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In what way? Are you suggesting that no one on this thread would defend her right to do so or listen to her? I would and I find your blanket assumption that I wouldn't rather hurtful to be honest. Hi @dottyscrapper I asked how different might the conversation look if Greta was a black girl talking about racism. You made the assumption about what I was “suggesting” and then got “hurt”, do see see how problematic your response is? Your defensiveness showed when the first words of thought out response to my question was “In what way”. When black women say white women make racism all about their hurt feelings all while shutting down dialogue, you are exactly who we are talking about. Again I ask, how different might this conversation look if Greta was a black girl talking about racism? You can ponder that question without me. Thanks for the reply Olan and bring to my attention that I obviously misread your question. I interpreted your question as you questioning whether this thread would have been different if it had been about a black girl talking about racism and that we wouldn't have been defending a black girl as much as some of us are defending Greta. I apologize that I misunderstood your post. Reading something is often misinterpreted when it's missing tone that one has when it's a vocal question. Maybe you could also ponder that.
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"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 26, 2019 2:52:53 GMT
I read today that Greta has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize! That would be the ultimate slam on Trump if she wins one when he’s been practically begging someone to even nominate him.
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Post by pierkiss on Sept 26, 2019 3:14:42 GMT
"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/The Bible won’t save us. It’s just a book.
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Post by flanz on Sept 26, 2019 4:15:39 GMT
I think the difference is black women have never participated in the silencing of others. White women absolutely have. The history of black women and the history of white women is not one in the same.. We have to acknowledge that. White women have been offered protections no one would ever extend to me. Fact. As a white woman, I agree w/you Olan . I pledge to see and listen to WOC. When you (I) know better, you (I) do better. Me too!
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Post by lucyg on Sept 26, 2019 5:04:29 GMT
"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/Oh FFS. Please let this dickwad be the first one to be affected by rising waters.
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Post by pyccku on Sept 26, 2019 12:27:04 GMT
"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/God? Which God? The one who allowed an entire city to be destroyed because it wasn't righteous enough? The one who got a bear to attack 42 kids because they made fun of a dude for being bald? The one who allowed all of the firstborn of Egypt to die - babies included - unless their parents painted blood on the door? The one who was cool with killing a bunch of Egyptians to die (people whom He supposedly also created and were in His image) in order to protect His chosen people? Who later allowed those same chosen people to die in a horrible genocide?
THAT God is going to keep us all safe?
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"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/UN. BE. LIEVABLE.
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Post by gar on Sept 26, 2019 13:31:31 GMT
"“God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment,” Jeffress replied. “This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell her the next time she worries about global warming, just look at a rainbow; that’s God’s promise that the polar ice caps aren’t going to melt and flood the world again.”" www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-climate-change-is-an-imaginary-crisis-that-god-wont-let-happen/How dare he talk about her as ‘poor Greta’!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 26, 2019 16:39:37 GMT
Yeah, it's just a book, and he's an idiot. But even so, to be technical about it, Genesis Chapter 9 says nothing about polar ice caps melting (or not) and causing RISING waters and climate chaos- it only says that the entire earth won't totally flood again.
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Post by gardengoddess on Sept 26, 2019 20:28:11 GMT
I am in awe of this fabulous young lady. You go Greta!
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Now Greta being identified as possibly having "mongoloidism" by a man who WORKS WITH THE DISABLED. "Jay Hall wishes he had written a few more words on Facebook. Instead, his short, terse reply to a post about a 16-year-old Swedish teenage activist has sparked outrage, led to calls for his resignation from the Tazewell County Board and caused him to quit as president of a Pekin nonprofit that works with disabled persons. “I wish I had finished what I was thinking. I just can't believe this is news, but I realize that now, and, wow, I forgot what world we live in,” he said Thursday evening, two days after the controversy erupted. "I was merely stating an observation. What I saw was young woman who might have special needs." The undated Facebook post asked if 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a climate change activist, had Down syndrome. However, Hall, 57, used a out-dated and now-offensive term — Mongoloidism. He says that term came to him because it was used when he was younger. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, which is a form of autism. No offense was intended, he said, and he apologizes for any ill will and for his poor choice of words. His own grandson has Asparger's. Instead of insulting the teen, Hall says he was actually upset with how she was being treated, going so far as to say she was a victim of child abuse. “I feel that she has been manipulated and is a victim of child abuse. She has been so propagandized that the world is coming to an end due to climate change. The world changes all the time, and it’s not going to end in 10 years and then her life is over,” he said. “Now, I find out she’s autistic, and I feel they are manipulating a special-needs child. “That makes me angry.” On Tuesday, screenshots of Hall’s message, which was attached to a post about a Fox News apology to Thunberg following one of its guests calling her a mentally ill Swedish child, circulated throughout the area and to several media outlets. In response, Hall took down his Facebook page and has since gotten off all social media sites, he said. On its website, Pekin AMBUCS stated that Hall, who also sits on the Tazewell County Board, has resigned as president. “ Recently, Pekin AMBUCS member Jay Hall made some inappropriate comments on Facebook. His comments do not, in any way, reflect the views of the Pekin AMBUCS organization and its other members. Pekin AMBUCS is an organization that has been, and will always be, dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities. Not only in our own community, but nationwide. Pekin AMBUCS has accepted Jay Hall’s resignation as President, and a new interim President will be appointed. Pekin AMBUCS will always have the best interest in mind for those in our community and beyond,” the statement read. Hall was elected to the County Board in 2016, when he ousted appointed incumbent Democrat Gary Sciortino to fill the final two years of a term left vacant when Rosemary Palmer resigned. In 2018, Hall was elected to a full four-year term. He had been president and secretary of the Pekin chapter of AMBUCS, a national organization that assists people who have mobility and independence problems. www.pjstar.com/news/20190926/jay-hall-says-controversial-facebook-comments-made-out-of-concern-not-hate
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Post by pierkiss on Sept 28, 2019 13:57:35 GMT
Now Greta being identified as possibly having "mongoloidism" by a man who WORKS WITH THE DISABLED. "Jay Hall wishes he had written a few more words on Facebook. Instead, his short, terse reply to a post about a 16-year-old Swedish teenage activist has sparked outrage, led to calls for his resignation from the Tazewell County Board and caused him to quit as president of a Pekin nonprofit that works with disabled persons. “I wish I had finished what I was thinking. I just can't believe this is news, but I realize that now, and, wow, I forgot what world we live in,” he said Thursday evening, two days after the controversy erupted. "I was merely stating an observation. What I saw was young woman who might have special needs." The undated Facebook post asked if 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a climate change activist, had Down syndrome. However, Hall, 57, used a out-dated and now-offensive term — Mongoloidism. He says that term came to him because it was used when he was younger. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, which is a form of autism. No offense was intended, he said, and he apologizes for any ill will and for his poor choice of words. His own grandson has Asparger's. Instead of insulting the teen, Hall says he was actually upset with how she was being treated, going so far as to say she was a victim of child abuse. “I feel that she has been manipulated and is a victim of child abuse. She has been so propagandized that the world is coming to an end due to climate change. The world changes all the time, and it’s not going to end in 10 years and then her life is over,” he said. “Now, I find out she’s autistic, and I feel they are manipulating a special-needs child. “That makes me angry.” On Tuesday, screenshots of Hall’s message, which was attached to a post about a Fox News apology to Thunberg following one of its guests calling her a mentally ill Swedish child, circulated throughout the area and to several media outlets. In response, Hall took down his Facebook page and has since gotten off all social media sites, he said. On its website, Pekin AMBUCS stated that Hall, who also sits on the Tazewell County Board, has resigned as president. “ Recently, Pekin AMBUCS member Jay Hall made some inappropriate comments on Facebook. His comments do not, in any way, reflect the views of the Pekin AMBUCS organization and its other members. Pekin AMBUCS is an organization that has been, and will always be, dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities. Not only in our own community, but nationwide. Pekin AMBUCS has accepted Jay Hall’s resignation as President, and a new interim President will be appointed. Pekin AMBUCS will always have the best interest in mind for those in our community and beyond,” the statement read. Hall was elected to the County Board in 2016, when he ousted appointed incumbent Democrat Gary Sciortino to fill the final two years of a term left vacant when Rosemary Palmer resigned. In 2018, Hall was elected to a full four-year term. He had been president and secretary of the Pekin chapter of AMBUCS, a national organization that assists people who have mobility and independence problems. www.pjstar.com/news/20190926/jay-hall-says-controversial-facebook-comments-made-out-of-concern-not-hateHoly shit. I have only heard that word used 1 time in the past 20 years. By my father in law, and I gave him a GIGANTIC tongue lashing right then and there. He has never used it again. And I work within the special needs community. Nobody ever uses that word. Ever. Unbelievable.
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Now Greta being identified as possibly having "mongoloidism" by a man who WORKS WITH THE DISABLED. "Jay Hall wishes he had written a few more words on Facebook. Instead, his short, terse reply to a post about a 16-year-old Swedish teenage activist has sparked outrage, led to calls for his resignation from the Tazewell County Board and caused him to quit as president of a Pekin nonprofit that works with disabled persons. “I wish I had finished what I was thinking. I just can't believe this is news, but I realize that now, and, wow, I forgot what world we live in,” he said Thursday evening, two days after the controversy erupted. "I was merely stating an observation. What I saw was young woman who might have special needs." The undated Facebook post asked if 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a climate change activist, had Down syndrome. However, Hall, 57, used a out-dated and now-offensive term — Mongoloidism. He says that term came to him because it was used when he was younger. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, which is a form of autism. No offense was intended, he said, and he apologizes for any ill will and for his poor choice of words. His own grandson has Asparger's. Instead of insulting the teen, Hall says he was actually upset with how she was being treated, going so far as to say she was a victim of child abuse. “I feel that she has been manipulated and is a victim of child abuse. She has been so propagandized that the world is coming to an end due to climate change. The world changes all the time, and it’s not going to end in 10 years and then her life is over,” he said. “Now, I find out she’s autistic, and I feel they are manipulating a special-needs child. “That makes me angry.” On Tuesday, screenshots of Hall’s message, which was attached to a post about a Fox News apology to Thunberg following one of its guests calling her a mentally ill Swedish child, circulated throughout the area and to several media outlets. In response, Hall took down his Facebook page and has since gotten off all social media sites, he said. On its website, Pekin AMBUCS stated that Hall, who also sits on the Tazewell County Board, has resigned as president. “ Recently, Pekin AMBUCS member Jay Hall made some inappropriate comments on Facebook. His comments do not, in any way, reflect the views of the Pekin AMBUCS organization and its other members. Pekin AMBUCS is an organization that has been, and will always be, dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities. Not only in our own community, but nationwide. Pekin AMBUCS has accepted Jay Hall’s resignation as President, and a new interim President will be appointed. Pekin AMBUCS will always have the best interest in mind for those in our community and beyond,” the statement read. Hall was elected to the County Board in 2016, when he ousted appointed incumbent Democrat Gary Sciortino to fill the final two years of a term left vacant when Rosemary Palmer resigned. In 2018, Hall was elected to a full four-year term. He had been president and secretary of the Pekin chapter of AMBUCS, a national organization that assists people who have mobility and independence problems. www.pjstar.com/news/20190926/jay-hall-says-controversial-facebook-comments-made-out-of-concern-not-hateHoly shit. I have only heard that word used 1 time in the past 20 years. By my father in law, and I gave him a GIGANTIC tongue lashing right then and there. He has never used it again. And I work within the special needs community. Nobody ever uses that word. Ever. Unbelievable. ANYTHING to cut down those who speak truth to wealth. And notice how it's not his words that were the problem it's "the world". F(#$*er
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Post by tincin on Sept 28, 2019 19:35:06 GMT
first, we are listening to someone who is not speaking their native language.. when the commentators can give a speech in swedish, then i'll acknowledge their critics. The vast majority of people in Sweden speak perfect English. In most Nordic countries people speak at least two, but usually 3 languages. The speech being in English has nothing to do with it. If you are going to be out there facing millions, I'm pretty sure you've got your sentences sorted. The thing that made me uncomfortable about her performance is the drama and intensity. "You are failing us, but young people are starting to understand your betrayal.” We are not failing her generation, and we did not take their childhood away. Just a few glances at humanprogress.org: global poverty rate fell from 28% in 1999 to 11% in 2013. Life expectancy around the world increased from 63.2 years to 71.9 years from 1981 to 2015. The infant mortality rate dropped from 64.8 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 30.5 in 2016. The completion rate for primary school increased from 80% in 1981 to 90% in 2015. Everything, from hunger to child labor to literacy has improved. The climate problem is, in my opinion, the most acute threat humanity ever faced. Hell, if I had realized the magnitude of this 25 years ago, I'm not even sure I would have had children - THIS is how serious I think this is. But is a threat of now, of the future. Greta's childhood was taken away by a range of mental health issues resulting in a hyper focus on the climate. It is *all* she can think about, she says, and to me that seems really worrying. I am not dismissing the message because of a mental health diagnosis. Not at all. It's just that this is a CHILD, and she deserves protection and help, not (only) exposure. We are failing her generation, we are taking their childhood away, we are destroying the planet. Some scientist believe we have less than 12 years to turn this around before it is irreparable. What we are doing today could literally caused the destruction of the entire planet. I don’t think she’s overreacting I think people are under reacting.
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Post by lucyg on Sept 29, 2019 0:21:22 GMT
Holy shit. I have only heard that word used 1 time in the past 20 years. By my father in law, and I gave him a GIGANTIC tongue lashing right then and there. He has never used it again. And I work within the special needs community. Nobody ever uses that word. Ever. Unbelievable. ANYTHING to cut down those who speak truth to wealth. And notice how it's not his words that were the problem it's "the world". F(#$*er I did notice and it annoyed the sh*t out of me. What is with these poor Republican snowflakes? It’s always the rest of the world’s fault, never their own. How in the frickity-frack does someone who works with disabled people manage to come up with that kind of terminology?
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Post by tentoes on Jan 21, 2020 15:25:20 GMT
I think she is a brave, fierce young woman and I strongly believe in her cause. However, this latest performance made me feel uncomfortable somehow. This was not a speech, it was a *performance*. This child has suffered from depression since age 8. She is also diagnosed with apergers syndrom and obsessive compulsive disorder, which transitioned to an obsession over her fear of climate change. During her childhood she developed mutism and a really severe eating disorder, which is when she stopped going to school. Part of her rise to international publicity is caused by her mom, who is an opera singer, putting Greta's stories out on her social media. I just don't know. I'm not even sure what point I am making here. I just fear that this child is way more vulnerable then she comes across, and I hope she's not in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, and I hope she deals with all of this well. Seeing her there made me feel a bit worried. If this was my daughter, given her mental health problems, I'm not sure if I would have let her do this this way. I totally agree.
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Post by PLurker on Jan 21, 2020 22:43:55 GMT
Out of the mouths of babes... "This expression is a shortening and revision of expressions in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In Psalms 8:2, God ordains strength out of the mouth of babes and sucklings; in Matthew 21:16, praise comes from this source. Later generations changed strength and praise to wisdom." I guess that it doesn't apply if it conflicts with your personal agenda and rhetoric.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jan 21, 2020 23:22:11 GMT
I think she is a brave, fierce young woman and I strongly believe in her cause. However, this latest performance made me feel uncomfortable somehow. This was not a speech, it was a *performance*. This child has suffered from depression since age 8. She is also diagnosed with apergers syndrom and obsessive compulsive disorder, which transitioned to an obsession over her fear of climate change. During her childhood she developed mutism and a really severe eating disorder, which is when she stopped going to school. Part of her rise to international publicity is caused by her mom, who is an opera singer, putting Greta's stories out on her social media. I just don't know. I'm not even sure what point I am making here. I just fear that this child is way more vulnerable then she comes across, and I hope she's not in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, and I hope she deals with all of this well. Seeing her there made me feel a bit worried. If this was my daughter, given her mental health problems, I'm not sure if I would have let her do this this way. I totally agree. You two need to ask yourselves the most important question: IS SHE WRONG? Because she's not. But y'all keep nitpicking the method of the message delivery, the deliverer, the deliverer's family, her mental health history. She seems to be coping, thriving, and delivering one of the most important messages we could possibly hear. You need to give this young woman way more credit.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 22, 2020 0:59:36 GMT
Now Greta being identified as possibly having "mongoloidism" by a man who WORKS WITH THE DISABLED. The undated Facebook post asked if 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a climate change activist, had Down syndrome. However, Hall, 57, used a out-dated and now-offensive term — Mongoloidism. He says that term came to him because it was used when he was younger. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, which is a form of autism. Oh gawd, I feel sick! I bet he uses the terms "negro" and "retarded" as well. And notice how it's not his words that were the problem it's "the world". I did notice and it annoyed the sh*t out of me. What is with these poor Republican snowflakes? It’s always the rest of the world’s fault, never their own. That jumped out at me as well. Classic deflection. "It's not my fault that you snowflakes object to a perfectly acceptable word!"
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Post by birdgate on Jan 22, 2020 21:57:10 GMT
Interestingly the same men that promoted the tobacco industry all those years are now working for the oil industry to promote misinformation about climate change. It was the youth "Truth" campaign in the late 90's/2000's that helped kill the popularity of cigarettes. That's why it's so important to have youth activism.
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Interestingly the same men that promoted the tobacco industry all those years are now working for the oil industry to promote misinformation about climate change. It was the youth "Truth" campaign in the late 90's/2000's that helped kill the popularity of cigarettes. That's why it's so important to have youth activism. Any sources on that?
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Hi @dottyscrapper I asked how different might the conversation look if Greta was a black girl talking about racism. You made the assumption about what I was “suggesting” and then got “hurt”, do see see how problematic your response is? Your defensiveness showed when the first words of thought out response to my question was “In what way”. When black women say white women make racism all about their hurt feelings all while shutting down dialogue, you are exactly who we are talking about. Again I ask, how different might this conversation look if Greta was a black girl talking about racism? You can ponder that question without me. Thanks for the reply Olan and bring to my attention that I obviously misread your question. I interpreted your question as you questioning whether this thread would have been different if it had been about a black girl talking about racism and that we wouldn't have been defending a black girl as much as some of us are defending Greta. I apologize that I misunderstood your post. Reading something is often misinterpreted when it's missing tone that one has when it's a vocal question. Maybe you could also ponder that. www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51242972www.cnn.com/2020/01/25/world/vanessa-nakate-cropped-intl-scli/index.htmlWhy is the world dead set on silencing and excluding black women from everything? What does the world have to gain from it.
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Post by birdgate on Jan 25, 2020 16:48:34 GMT
Interestingly the same men that promoted the tobacco industry all those years are now working for the oil industry to promote misinformation about climate change. It was the youth "Truth" campaign in the late 90's/2000's that helped kill the popularity of cigarettes. That's why it's so important to have youth activism. Any sources on that? The Cost of Climate Change Wrecking Your City youtu.be/9suO4jrwfDE
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Post by SockMonkey on Jan 25, 2020 17:42:32 GMT
If Greta was a black girl talking about racism how different might this conversation look? I think we all could predict, and I think we've seen it on this board. And, I think it's also important that even among the "woke," there is evidence of white supremacy and racism. An example: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/24/whites-only-photo-uganda-climate-activist-vanessa-nakateThis Ugandan climate change activist was cropped out of a photo. So, erasure continues to happen. Not only should we be angry about the ableist and ageist way Greta is treated, we need to stay angry at the way that people of color are also erased from the climate change conversation. It's not okay.
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Post by Olan on Jan 25, 2020 18:51:39 GMT
If Greta was a black girl talking about racism how different might this conversation look? I think we all could predict, and I think we've seen it on this board. And, I think it's also important that even among the "woke," there is evidence of white supremacy and racism. An example: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/24/whites-only-photo-uganda-climate-activist-vanessa-nakateThis Ugandan climate change activist was cropped out of a photo. So, erasure continues to happen. Not only should we be angry about the ableist and ageist way Greta is treated, we need to stay angry at the way that people of color are also erased from the climate change conversation. It's not okay. Cropped out and confused with a Zambian climate activist. You know because we all look alike and have similar names *sarcasm* When black women are excluded from movements they almost always fail. Susan B. Anthony heaux ass is just one example of many. You can pretty much link any current failing of society to racism or black women being excluded from important conversations. Gun control, opioid problem, this shit administration etc. I wonder at one point will someone say “okay we’ve let them fuck things up enough, let someone else try”. It’s maddening.
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