Anyone who wants to be an ally, please don’t call yourself one. Don’t put “ally” in your twitter bio. To be an ally is to accept that you don’t get to call yourself an ally. You don’t have that kind of power. Trying to maintain your power is the opposite of allyship.
Being an ally is more than tweeting hashtags and pronouns. It requires active dismantling of oppressive systems of power. It requires resisting censorship and silencing of dissent in the name of niceness and civility. /1
Being an ally is more than warm fuzzies or self congratulations. It requires persistent, enduring, constant struggle and endurance. /2
Being an ally is more than performing on a stage, it means living by a set of values and spending more time in shadowed corners than spotlights. /3
If you are troubled by injustice and want to do something about it, ask yourself why. Is it to feel good about yourself? Or is it because you are compelled to join the fight, no matter what the cost? /4
You will stumble more than you will stand. You will have to kneel before you can stand tall. You will have to experience loss, and grief, and pain like you have never felt before. /5
Yet you can be part of something beautiful. Something selfless and glorious. Something that ancestors and elders have been part of for centuries. Something that brings love and light to the word. Are you ready?
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