This is more just rambling and unconnected thoughts about the election, reactions to it and my own personal survey. I would love to have discussion about these things (with the proviso that it's my blog so my censorship rules)
Thinking politics is about good governance and business is a privilege. For marginalized groups, politics is necessarily personal. It is about our bodies and our bedrooms.
Being able to cast your vote based on principle and not on survival is a privilege (and one that I would like for everyone).
Being able to cast your vote based on whether you believe in big government or small government is a privilege (and one that I would like for everyone).
Being able to cast your vote based on whether you want OTHER folks to have access to various social programs and medical options is a privilege (and one that I want for no one).
Not listening when marginalized folks tell you how a person's politics or a political platform affects their personal lives is an abuse of that privilege.
Not allowing folks to react the way they need or want to when an election returns results that affect their basic rights and equality is an abuse of that privilege. (see also every tone argument that ever existed)
Not owning the extent to which people like you (and like me, hello white women) are responsible for the outcome is an abuse of that privilege.
Claiming it's just politics is an abuse of that privilege.
Putting the onus back on marginalized folks to continue equality denying, rights denying, hate filled conversations (and doing education on these issues) is an abuse of that privilege.
Forcing marginalized folks to take the "higher road" is an abuse of that privilege
Forcing marginalized folks to be the ones to put their bodies and persons on the line to make change happen is an abuse of that privilege.
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