It's white people's responsibility to stop racism.
It's men's responsibility to stop sexism.
It's cis people's responsibility to stop transphobia.
It's straight people's responsibility to stop homophobia.
It's able people's responsibility to stop ableism.
It's always the responsibility of the people in a position of privilege to stop the oppression they are benefiting from.
If you are part of a privileged group, in one way or another, get to it.
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I’m reading Roxane Gay’s “Bad Feminist.” She has some meaningful perspectives on privilege:
“We need to get to a place where we discuss privilege by way of observation and acknowledgement rather than accusation.”
This is powerful framing that might help privileged folks understand/accept their privilege, rather than be defensive about it. That the guilt/shame is something that stands in the way of progress.
