1 / SUPPORTING AND TALKING ABOUT A MINORITY YOU ARE NOT:
1. It is awesome. This is the true meaning of a global perspective on civil rights and democracy. We should all care about "the other" and "the other"'s suffering
1. It is awesome. This is the true meaning of a global perspective on civil rights and democracy. We should all care about "the other" and "the other"'s suffering
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2. However, post-WWII anthropology has offered evidence about an important principle for sound activism: the "other" is defined by a culture that the outsider will never completely grasp.
3. The corollary to this is that if you are not a member of that minority => 3
2. However, post-WWII anthropology has offered evidence about an important principle for sound activism: the "other" is defined by a culture that the outsider will never completely grasp.
3. The corollary to this is that if you are not a member of that minority => 3
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... , regardless of how much you study, you will never be a true spokesperson. What complicates this is that "the other" is frequently not a homogeneous social group. So who are you speaking on behalf of if you try?
... , regardless of how much you study, you will never be a true spokesperson. What complicates this is that "the other" is frequently not a homogeneous social group. So who are you speaking on behalf of if you try?
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3. As a rule of thumb, don't speak on behalf of anyone except the group you rightfully represent.
4. So how can we support black people in the USA, indigenous people in Peru, Iranian women on the hijab issue, etc? We ask them. That, or we share THEIR discourse.
3. As a rule of thumb, don't speak on behalf of anyone except the group you rightfully represent.
4. So how can we support black people in the USA, indigenous people in Peru, Iranian women on the hijab issue, etc? We ask them. That, or we share THEIR discourse.
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5. Sometimes we screw up, though. I did that a few weeks ago tweeting about sex workers' rights in the USA. My perspective was what I had observed in Brazil. It's a totally different context. They corrected me. What is the right reply? "I STAND CORRECTED".
5. Sometimes we screw up, though. I did that a few weeks ago tweeting about sex workers' rights in the USA. My perspective was what I had observed in Brazil. It's a totally different context. They corrected me. What is the right reply? "I STAND CORRECTED".
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