#TheBigwhiteLie, #AllLivesMatter and white privilege: #RemovetheVelvetRope
Words matter. Messaging matter. We need to think about the messaging in the #BlackLiveMatter movement and the use of the term white privilege when fighting racism and discrimination.
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#Words Matter.
Messaging Matters.
The ongoing kerfuffle between #BlackLivesMatter and #AllLivesMatter underscores this implicitly. Another situation where messaging matters is in the use of the term white privilege in the fight against racism.
Just like the use of the ws-term (white $upr&#@cy) helps to perpetuate the #Bigwhi…