Real talk time for Israel supporters in Canada.

Our chants and protests should make you feel very damned uncomfortable. Discomfort doesn't mean you are unsafe.

The fact that you see discomfort as danger, points to how privileged you are. You are no more in danger here in Canada than any Black, Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+ or disabled person and arguably less so. You have almost every lawmaker and law enforcer ready to do their utmost to ensure you are not only good, but you *feel* good.

I was at a conference last last weekend and I was listening to some of the speakers and thought about how awesome it would be if people in my community could hear the words. No shade on those organizing the conference, because it was awesome and filled my heart... ...But it got me thinking, how do we get this knowledge and thoughts and discussions beyond academia?

How can a single disabled racialized mother in Scarborough access this information?

Because not only does it serve as knowledge, but inspiration and connections and networks.

Let's just remove all the problematic things about police being in schools for a minute.

Police are not trained to work with kids, let alone kids in schools.

To be a Child and Youth Worker/Practitioner, it's minimum 3 years of training.

https://twitter.com/wickdchiq/status/1668611795408306177

Our jobs are literally building relationships with young people and their communities. There is a lot of theory, practice and training that goes into this. Many people do not complete this program because it's goddamned hard.

And 3 years barely prepares you.

The more I talk to these "gender critical" folks, the more I'm convinced they know nothing about teenagers & schools.

Your teens/preteens are 10X more likely to be "confused" by the aggressively hetero, cis gender cultures of their peers than learning that 2SLGBTQ+ people exist And this is coming from someone who lives and works in TORONTO.

Have y'all ever tried to tell a teenager how to identify? How about how to dress? What to eat? When to sleep? To be on time? Clean their room?

Hell, I can't get *my* kids to put on a warm coat in the winter.

Dear LGB✂️T folks. PARTICULARLY WHITE & WHITE ADJACENT ONES.

You're real fucking tools.

Almost all of what you claim in this community was built by 2STQ+ Black & Indigenous folks. The rights, the culture, the few fucking privileges we have, the parade that you've corporatized.. ...the neighbourhoods you gentrify, the grassroots community services you complain about, the brick and mortar spaces you use, the fucking land you occupy! and pay your cops to oppress the rest of us.

Non-profit edition. Stop asking me to do presentations/workshops etc. For a nominal fee. A 30 minute workshop is hours of work of research, dissemination and putting it together.

If you want me to do a workshop, you can pay me my going rate.

https://twitter.com/JinkiesJerrica/status/1666562894383976448

Stop using interns, youth fellowships, volunteers for jobs that need a salary. A GOOD salary.

That is super shady.

Here's the thing politicians and their strategists need to understand about "winning" Scarborough.

Show the fuck up.

#Scarborough #ScarTO #Toronto #TOpoli Like the bar is so fucking low that all the Ford's have to do is have an event a few times a year.

What does that say about YOUR campaigns?

That you're being outmaneuvered by dipshits because they make appearances a few times a year?