Thread by @wickdchiq

So I have thoughts...

https://twitter.com/VoiceOfFranky/status/1442328330716336128

The anti-vaxxers/maskers are experiencing a restriction of movement under public health order. Is it discriminatory? Perhaps, however this is where individual rights vs the greater good come into play and all democracies have that exception to freedom

Here's the thing though: these people have never faced a world where they are being restricted from entering spaces not designed for them. They're white, probably economically alright and they're angry because they're experiencing a world that BIPOC know so well

We know what it's like to be restricted from spaces due to the colour of our skin and preconceived notions as to what that means to the safety of power in white spaces. Women know what that's like in male spaces. LGBTQ2S+ know what that's like in heteronormative spaces

Last week I went to Milestones across from the Chateau Laurier and it was vaxxed-only. At first the dude at the front was a little gruff while he "checked my status" but after I "passed" I was guided to an oasis of the vaccinated where in that moment life returned to pre-pandemic

And in this moment I knew what white privilege felt like.
I also knew the implications of that. It felt like safety of being around people of your own ilk: they're vaccinated and so are you. And in this moment I understood some of the ramifications of vaccine passports.

I neither against nor for. I am looking at the way this is going to reverberate throughout society and how that plays out politically. And if we get boosters, this will play out in waves. I'll be watching.

An addendum: are we making sure that the most vulnerable and marginalized are vaccinated? Cause it sure is taking a loooooong ass time to get FN, migrants, inmates, immigrations detention centre detainees vaccinated