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Let’s be clear that these moments that go public are a) symptoms of broad authorization that have implications well beyond the trauma they cause to individuals and b) like roaches: where you see one...
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I’m sure it’s true in all cities, but I can only speak for #STL re: the degree to which Status Quo shade/dismissal/ism-ness works against our ability to attract and keep more awesome people.
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And I say “more” because we have some epic folks sticking it out, finding solace in each other, and staying _despite_ the ridiculousness. But they are tired. They literally drive out of town for vacation and have a physical reaction to crossing the county line.
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Signed funding commitments revoked, being told that “people” don’t fund organizations run by black women unless there is a white board chair, hours & hours of feedback given only for no change whatsoever to be made.
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Casually awful comments on everything from gender expression to marital status. Events consistently held in locations and conditions that dehumize by definition.
This is doing business in #STL
This is why people get out.
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This is doing business in #STL
This is why people get out.
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May not one more person who has suffered at the hands of this behavior have to bare their soul and re-live their pain in order for people to listen, believe, or stand in solidarity.
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May those who witness it stand in the gap.
May those who perpetrate it reflect and embrace their complicity.
May all of us shift to a posture of oh, hell no. Not in my #STL.
Until we normalize something else, here we will be.
Tired. Divided.
#STLMade
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May those who perpetrate it reflect and embrace their complicity.
May all of us shift to a posture of oh, hell no. Not in my #STL.
Until we normalize something else, here we will be.
Tired. Divided.
#STLMade7/7
TL;DR: stop acting like these are isolated incidents about individuals. This is how we do. And it will be until we don’t anymore.
