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“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.”

—George Orwell

It's perfectly coherent to disagree with somebody yet support them

It's also perfectly coherent to disagree with a group ideology yet support them fighting for their rights

if you can't grasp the idea of people not 100% agreeing with your ideas then I don't know if I should feel sorry for you or point out to the fact you're probably the same kind of people who claim to be apprehensive and in a group of acceptance from whatever minority you're in, honestly while not being able to understand anything different from your bubble

Tw: police brutality, anti-minority, hatecrimes

Anti-minority people: *makes fun of minorities for not liking anti-minority jokes*

Minorities: oh damn man, your right! Lemme just get hatecrimed for no reason, shall I? Or would you rather me get beaten to death by a cop who is a bit biased and/or having a bad day? Wow, lookit how privileged and temperamental I am haha (/s)!

(some minority people do like anti-minority jokes as long as it's not actually harmful and/or it is sarcastic or it is hyperbolic, however some minority people do not like these jokes. Therefore, I urge you to pay attention to timing, the people you're around, and choose your word choices carefully to not hurt someone.)

"what is the worst crimes you've ever committed?"

being myself.

drinking chocolate milk while eating pasta

anti-minority mfers when people want basic human rights:

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Bad Writing Advice For Characters

If anyone has ever wanted to write a minority character, a piece of advice you are often given is "don't write a *blank* character, write a character who just so happens to be *blank*"!

I hate this!

Firstly, most people of a minority group are either super accepting of their characteristics or are working on getting to that point. To them, their sexuality/disability/medical condition/lifestyle/etc is an extremely important and irreplaceable part of them which colors their perspective on the world.

Those characteristics aren't interchangable aspects of their livelihoods! And people don't want to change those characteristics of themselves!

This kind of advice, in my singular opinion, goes against the ways people refer to themselves!

Disabled people are called "disabled people", not people with disabilities

Gay people are gay people, not people with same-sex attraction!

These characteristics aren't like handbags you can pick up and drop! They're core aspects of their psyche, lifestyle, and character!

Secondly, I hate the phrase "they just so happen..."! You, the author, made them apart of a minority group of your own volition! It's not like it was a mistake or an accident!

My queerness, gender, and everything "other" about me impacted my perspective on the world to such a fundamental level I wouldn't be the same person if I didn't have those traits.

Let's make a point about social justice and American politics with a simple graphic. Laws don't mean justice if the laws aren't just. Based on the 2010 Census #pi #diles #dilesPi #minority #poc #graphicdesign #ghostmonsters #pacman #estoycansado

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No one should be excluded for being anyone of these things

whitness

Being white in a political space means a lot of things. I think most white people feel like they need to speak up for the minority groups, witch itself is great but most of the time (from my experience) it seems like white people seem to talk for minority groups. Talking for a group is bad.

When white people entire political spaces it is their job to be respectful and mindful of other groups.

I also feel like if you going to be a white person heavily involved in politics you should learn the history of the people your working with from their perspective and not the white narrative that is often pushed in media and history books. White people will often erase or downplay events in history, and one of the best ways to learn about these events and how they effected the people the events were targeting would be to ask the group.

Its not white people's jobs to speak for ethnic groups, its their job to speak with them. We as white people should be building the steps for others not climbing the steps. Our job is to hold up minority groups so they can speak for themselves. We are not supposed to be their voices, we are supposed to be the microphone they use to allow their voices to be heard. I think white people often forget that in their savior mindset fantasies.

Im white myself, and sometimes i get caught up in white savior complex to, but its important to take a step back and realize when your doing it and stop doing it. White people should not be the voice of black communities or indigenous communities and i think white people on the political side of the internet often times make uneducated assumptions based on the white narrated history they read about or were taught and that sometimes downplays the struggles and oppression some groups feel and are still going though.

white people should be the builders of the stairs not the ones climbing them, we should be the microphone allowing others to be head, not the voice speaking.

And i say this all as a white person myself. we are not saviors, we are oppressor's and if we want to stop being oppressor's we first have to realize were not saviors, were tools.

How discussions regarding minority rights and hardships are supposed to go

Minority group: hey here are my experiences and thoughts for change regarding this issue that I am going through

Non minority groups: thanks for sharing I’d like to be educated and learn more about how I can help

How these discussions actually go

Minority group: so this is my experience-

Non minority groups: I’m going to stop you right there and not only dominate but redefine everything you are saying and if you try to call me out on it you’re wrong and against the movement and don’t know what you’re even talking about