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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Oh god, a middle aged white lady reading poems at an anti-racism protest. Just give me arson.
Kidding aside, that is kind of what I’m talking about along with what Cecil mentioned. These things are generally showings of “support” and they’re “anti-racism” which are really broad, ineffective gestures. A lot of the people that organise and attend these things for somewhat selfish means, or just the feeling of “I should do something” and it’s a pretty easy something.
Where were they a week ago? Where have they been while First Nations people are routinely mistreated and abused in Canada? That’s not to say “if you didn’t do that, you can’t do this” but please, if you’re someone going to one of these things, don’t let this be it. Don’t let it just be poems and hanging out in a field. Do something with whatever platform you have or create a platform. Talk to the people that can make a difference if you can’t and make change happen. Sacrifice something more than a few hours of one day.
Make this the start of you taking real action. Not just hanging out until the next feel good gathering that you can tell your friends about. Victims or prejudice and racism do not need dozens of people in a field. They need real action and real support.
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You're trivializing their effort in this and making it sound like a superficial expression of support and telling them to do better in the rest of their lives while you have no knowledge of what they actually have been doing elsewhere? Give me some lady's poetry over that argument.