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-Isms should be uncomfortable. Labeling something as a 'bias' or prejudice does not make it less #racist, #sexist, #homophobic, #ageist, #ableist, etc. Recognizing your own racism, sexism, homophobia - your own -ism, is the first step to fighting it
#diversity #inclusion 1/
#diversity #inclusion 1/
Sugar-coating these words to make them more comfortable to work with does us no favors.
Back story:
During the Ignite pre-day I was very open about recognizing my own bias, specifically my own racism. I understand that it exists & I actively work against that conditioning. 2/
Back story:
During the Ignite pre-day I was very open about recognizing my own bias, specifically my own racism. I understand that it exists & I actively work against that conditioning. 2/
It is conditioning. And exists in most of us. I was just willing to admit to it in an open forum. It's sad that instead of asking how we can all get to a place where we are admitting to & working against our own isms, people get hung up on the admission & label me "a racist" 3/
Breaking News: every one of those pathetic, small-minded wastes of oxygen that are critical (AKA afraid) of @GretaThunberg should face the fact that they are one or more of these things: #misogynistic, #ageist and/or #ableist. (1/n)
And yes, you can be a woman and a misogynist. Let me break it down for you: if you say she's a puppet, or being manipulated, then you believe she's somehow weak. If you're a man, particularly in a position of "Conservative" or Republican power, (2/n)
then misogyny is basically guaranteed. If you shed crocodile tears because of her "special needs", for one, you're full of it, and for another, you know NOTHING about neurodiversity. Thinking differently, seeing the world differently and refusing to (3/n)
1. ZANU PF, thru @edmnangagwa, is improving economy & steering Zim back into the community of Nations. As we draw towards the National election, ZANU PF's Nationalist thrust will be spread in infectious proportions. @zanupf_patriots @zanu_pf @BooBoy112 @JonesMusara
2. The ZPF Nationalist Thrust is a summation of the values, principles & aspirations of the Zimbos going back 2 the Pre-Independence period which define Zim's permanent interests. Evry society has its permanent interest & ours tie different generations, past, present and future.
3. The appreciation of past, present and future in itself is an attestation of the #IntergenerationalConsensus that the Nationalist thrust stands for & is skeptical & suspicious of the #Ageist #generationalconsensus being fronted by the opposition. @nickmangwana @ZANUPF_Official
