Posted on Saturday, 21 January 2012

When someone tells a racist joke and then tells you to “Stop being so sensitive,” they’re telling you that the dehumanization and oppression of people of color is no big deal. They’re telling you that people of color might not qualify as people. - “Don’t Be So Sensitive”: Derailing Important Conversations.

step 290: check those that participate in the Oppression Olympics. know that you aren’t being too sensitive when you stand up against the systematic mistreatment of people because of their membership in a group. usually, the “jokesters” have internalized the negative messages about other groups and consider their attitudes towards the other group quite normal. don’t hesitate in counter-acting this normalization.

(via mehreenkasana)

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