Thread by @SingsongRaptor

Just racist and ignorant with ya whole chest huh? Let's break this
#DisabledLivesMatter claptrap down cuz this is some trifling ass bullshit.

First off, Black folks are disabled too. You can't delete the racism we face or how it affects the ableism we face. Disabled ppl are something like 50-55% of ppl murdered or assaulted by cops. BLM wants an end to *all* police brutality and advocates for such.

Black ppl are overwhelmingly more likely to be disabled and/or chronically ill due to the pervasive, systemic nature of RACISM. Our poverty is worse, the access and quality of our healthcare, food and environment are worse, we're denied education and disability assistance more.

This means that the overwhelming majority of disabled ppl assaulted and murdered by cops are Black disabled ppl. You can't separate our Blackness from our disability. Further, why do we need to stop talking about racism in order to talk about ableism?

Make it make sense, cus equity isn't a zero sum game. We don't need to "turn the focus" from a ppl's 400 years of brutal oppression that also strikes death, disability and chronic illness onto them at much higher rates than almost anyone else to talk about ableism

Esp since ableism has been used to justify the murders of dozens of Black people, Eric Garner and George Floyd being high visibility examples. The cops tried to claim that the men's chronic illnesses were the cause of their deaths and not the strangulation the cops did.

This is leaving out how the vilification of addiction, mental illness, and neurodivergence, all of which is rooted in racism, is used to slander and discredit Black victims of police brutality and justifying the incredible violence inflicted on Black communities.

Much of the stigma surrounding addiction and mental illness, around seeing disabled ppl as lazy, grifters, as unworthy of relief or joy if they can't work, the constant push for them to work, all of that is rooted in racism and associating those things with Black ppl.

Ableism and fatmisia are rooted in racism. @/KivanBay has at least a dozen excellent threads on the history and connection between racism and ableism and fatmisia. It is flat out racist to insist that we stop talking about Black folks in order to discuss ableism

And considering how often the disability community excludes, harasses and ignores Black disabled ppl, it's stingy, nasty and ignorant as hell to steal our hashtag and claim we're not caping for you. Y'all don't even listen when we tell you that racism makes our ableism different

Black folks been caping for the disability community since at least the 60s. The Black Panther Party made much of the disability rights protests in that era possible with their direct assistance and protection. BLM capes for an end to police brutality against disabled ppl too.

BLM capes for equitable healthcare and housing, for strong social safety net, and more. Yet here y'all are saying not only are we not doing enough but that it's time for us to shut up and be excluded while doing it.

#DisabledLivesMatter is theft and racist. The disability community excludes Black ppl, refuses to acknowledge our existence as disabled ppl, refuses to care about our unique needs or acknowledge the differences in how Black disabled ppl experience ableism

We haven't gotten any real change, we suffer ableism too, AND we ALREADY cape for everybody. EVERYBODY, even if our communities don't cross. Y'all DO NOT do the same, but *we* need to do even *more* heavy lifting of lifting up all marginalized communities? #DisabledLivesMatter

Just say you hate Black people but still want us as your pack mules and go.

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