Thread by @BlackFreelance1

This doesn’t get addressed enough in the freelance/location-indie “live where you want”/“work from a beach in Thailand” conversations.

Freelancers can be gentrifiers too.

https://twitter.com/Blackamazon/status/1433438003100278800

I want to see Black freelancers take advantage of location-independence and lifestyle design…but to maintain and enhance connection with/contribution to communities and find safety…not adopt predatory behavior. #BFTips

10 years or so back this was the thing…make more, outsource to countries with the cheapest viable labor possible, live in areas you enjoy with the cheapest COL you can find…basically encouraging indie businesses to double down on privilege & the worst practices of capitalism

…disconnect from the exploitation of employment, but make sure to pull the same tricks yourself…it’s all cool as long as you’re not on the bottom anymore

Freelancing has *massive* potential to change the way this world looks (for the better), but not if we’re not honest about the influence behind our aspirations and what we’re trying to pull off.