Truly the biggest hypocrisy of white ND twitter is how often we gripe about neurotypicals projecting intentions onto us, when we do the EXACT same thing to POC on here, especially Black women like René.
https://twitter.com/blkgirllostkeys/status/1399584779436236802
Our need to prioritize our own perspective and interpretation is getting in the way of POC being able to feel safe and wanted in our community. Black people and other POC on here do not exist to baby us through unlearning white supremacy. We need to do that work ourselves.
And let's be clear, thinking that we, as white people, know the "true" intent of someone's words, believing that we can know if something is really racist or not, projecting aggressiveness onto POC who are sharing their experiences... that IS white supremacy.
AND I'm so tired of people using neurodivergence as an excuse for being racist. Neurodivergent POC exist and are here on twitter, not being racist. Whiteness is the reason we are racist. We all need to reflect on how our whiteness shapes our experiences on here.
I was so lucky to find this community, I was welcomed with opened arms. I can talk about my ADHD struggles and the way it interacts with my other identities, and be validated. That is because I'm white. Barely anyone ever misreads my tone, or claims I'm being aggressive.
Everytime we get defensive about racism, project intent, or use neurodivergence as an excuse for racism, we are telling neurodivergent POC that our comfort in unchallenged whiteness is more important than them being visible, heard and respected in this community. That's not okay.
*ugh just realized this should read PoC not POC, apologies! I don't use the term very much bc I try to be more specific usually (but in this case it definitely feels like anyone who isn't white gets a lot of flack from white NDs on here).
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