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Dec 7 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is the joy white people gaslight out of their children from young. I’ve been noticing the lack of joy in white Anglo culture and how white supremacy robs them of it and robs women of the agency of joy. I am finally understanding that joy is a revolutionary state of being
In other words, white supremacy robs white people of joy and more particularly patriarchy robs white women of the agency of joy.
I’m seeing it in real time in Vancouver. Everyone is so scared of losing the little they have they have no room for joy—they have no room to thrive
I saw joy when commemorating #Dec6 in solidarity with Indigenous women. There was actual joy, which opens the door to active and revolutionary love. And that’s where the revolution is—in acts of love. I saw it in front of me and as a Black woman I immediately recognized it
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Dec 6
1. Public support
2. Write your MP (that’s still works)
3. Any sort of safety precautions/make our lives easier is welcome
That’s how the average person can help. But what about the people in news media with power? They are silent #16DaysofActivism
Earlier this year I called on the most protected and powerful in journalism to speak out publicly for us—white men and white women—and most of them ignored me and refused. Yet these are the same ppl who will talk about #GBV on Dec 6 as though this isn’t ongoing in their backyard
These voices are those you see on Tv regularly. Many of those white men denied and discredited our experiences like a certain @CBCNews Parliamentary reporter who said that “the PM gets more hate”. I have yet to see any repudiation by management. JSP doesn’t exist for them
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I’m thinking that the devastation in Pakistan of the floods is a canary in the coal mine of this climate emergency and that the lack of media attention on this issue is a climate injustice #cdnpoli
“Pakistan is responsible for around 0.6% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, even though it makes up nearly 2.7% of the global population”

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Aug 15
This is why this is an awkward position for Omar Sachedina and an awkward way of beginning his tenure. And that’s how it was played by corporate. Corporate diversity decisions are still based on white supremacy. The fact they can use our identities as chess pieces is that
The Liberals did the same when choosing gender over race for cabinet. Our identities are used as pieces on a chess board as appropriate for corporate branding exercises. It’s still white supremacy as mainly white men are making those decisions #cdnmedia
This is why #diversity is not #antiracism. It’s still a plantation, with white men at 🔝 and the rest of us scrambling for scraps from Massa’s table, putting us in opposition to each other on purpose. The power players lend power to one “faction” over another but can take it back
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Alright. I'm on the @blackvotecanada webinar with provincial leaders speaking to the Black community. @CBCAdrianH is moderating. I'm asking an audience question. Here we go. @AndreaHorwath is first. Lemme live-tweet this 🪡
She called out @fordnation for not showing up and I can’t disagree. She talks the unequal impact of the pandemic, systemic racism. Yet doesn’t talk about the police. She tells us that Ford doesn’t give a fuck about Black people. Says the @OntarioNDP does #ontpoli
The @OntarioGreens dude needs better audio. But also calls out @fordnation for not showing up. But does talk about the police. Spends a lot of time acknowledging his privilege in the face of Black ppl’s experiences. This is not a value judgement just reporting #ontpoli
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I find it interesting that for someone who has worked on a few budgets, in fiscal policy at Finance Canada, and an economist, I got one media spot for #Budget2022. Just goes to show that Black women aren't called to talk about important matters like money in #cdnmedia or #cdnpoli
If #cdnmedia really wants to diversify then they need to rethink what "experts" look like. And #cdnmedia has determined that people who can speak on issues of finance and economics aren't Black women like myself. There is no representation there #Budget2022
I've even done budget lockup 2 or 3 times. Did @CBCNews @CTVNews or @globalnews reach out?
NOPE.
Apparently Black women can only talk about Black things and not about "serious" topics. That is the media bias some of us talk about and it's discriminatory
#CdnMediaFailed
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THIS. THIS. THIS.
In my 3-year anniversary at @TheHillTimes, 5 years writing about #cdnpoli from marginalized perspectives, 5 years podcasting about politics, policy and pop culture with @badandbitchy. More people told me I couldn't do it because they couldn't see the vision 🧵
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