A lot of the black lives we’re fighting for justice for have disabilities.
Many in the black community do not identify as disabled people, despite absolutely qualifying as such, because a history of eugenics and race science sought to diagnose blackness as a
Many in the black community do not identify as disabled people, despite absolutely qualifying as such, because a history of eugenics and race science sought to diagnose blackness as a
Disability as a method if subjugation. If you treated blackness like a disability you could “treat” it under the medical model of disability.
Therefore, for many black people, identifying as “disabled” means accepting the ableist characteristics whiteness tried to place
Therefore, for many black people, identifying as “disabled” means accepting the ableist characteristics whiteness tried to place
Upon our bodies like low intelligence, bahavioral problems, lack of phycisal sensibility and sensory disabilities (among many, many, others).
I feel conflicted about the way the larger movement has erased disabled people, but I know where it comes from.
We can’t force
I feel conflicted about the way the larger movement has erased disabled people, but I know where it comes from.
We can’t force
Black people with disabilities to identify themselves as disabled, but we can also not afford to ignore the intersection of race and disability as it pertains to police violence.
Regardless, we all need to fight for #BlackDisabledLivesMatter.
Regardless, we all need to fight for #BlackDisabledLivesMatter.
