I haven’t quite the words for this just yet, so walk with me as I figure it out. Or don’t. But enjoy the ride regardless.
I am confused by the number of those who feel as though I should be satiated that excluded persons are added as footnotes to important conversations.
I am not.
I am bothered by the number of those who feel it’s appropriate to share advocacy that covers all, rely on statistics that do not include us, and then add an “but listen to BIPOC” at the end.
The clinging to polls that don’t reference us or our lives and that don’t ask the right questions, often relying on single word responses or answers that don’t require elaboration because brevity is paramount, and nuance is moot. We are not seen. And we are not heard.
So when you have “majority feels,” “over 80 percent asked,” “influencer polls” that only reflect a single account’s community that is often not high in population of those that deviate from white patronage, the results that come from it, should they be heavily used within one’s advocacy, is the continued denial and erasure of our experiences.
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