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Jazmeen Isa Qureshi (They/She)<p>to go forward in the most unbias way possible. What is "unbias"? Does it exist? I think not myself...to even consider something as "neutral" you are not affected by it, or not affecting something, and that could be a <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privelege</span></a> or an <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> issue...it isnt just "zero", it's a <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/constructed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constructed</span></a></p>
t_chalco<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> numbers suggest no significant bump in Trump votes over the 2020 elections. Yet some 10 million votes did not turn out for Harris. The current demographic breakdown shows largely suburban white men missing. The state of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> reflects rejection of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a>. Apathy from those with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privelege</span></a> leads to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a>. This indifference hits hardest those with the least voice. Please give care to those in need, organize locally, and give yourself the grace to carry forward.</p>
ChicagoSib<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> doesn't understand. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VoteHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteHarris2024</span></a></p>
Blake Leyh<p>I bought three peaches at the Columbia Farmers market on Thursday morning, the first of the season. Two yellow, one white. They weren't ripe so I put them in a brown paper bag for 48 hours. This morning, they are perfect. Juicy, sweet, aromatic. </p><p>May everyone eat perfect peaches in troubled times.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fruit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Summer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a></p>
Mike Hales<p>I just came across this comic by Toby Morris about the difference between growing up with certain privileges VS without. It doesn’t mention neurodivergence, but still informative. <br> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/tobymorris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tobymorris</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a></p>
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)<p>I have to share this. So my partner is on the DEI board for a nonprofit org, which consists of my partner, a gay black woman, a Latina woman, and a straight white guy.</p><p>I was working from the other room and overhead some of their meeting.</p><p>The guy, (Fred? Doug? Something like that. Let's say Fred), had coopted the meeting for the last hour. He was going on about how he didn't think the org needed a DEI committee...it went something like:</p><p>"Race is an outdated social construct."</p><p>"I don't see color or gender."</p><p>"If everyone was just chill like me, there wouldn't be an issue."</p><p>And so on.</p><p>I heard my partner trying to gently reign in his monopoly on the discussion:</p><p>"Maybe we should hear from one of the other members about their lived experiences?"</p><p>He kept going; transitioning into the topic of "handout programs":</p><p>"I mean, the opportunities are there. Maybe the story was different in the past, but now they just have to work for it like anyone else."</p><p>Note: my partner was (nearly still)born into poverty, abuse, a broken child welfare system, and has multiple chronic conditions.</p><p>I could hear the frustration in my partner's voice. No one else spoke up.</p><p>My partner got up and left the call for a bit. Fred didn't seem to notice, as I could hear him still talking away in the background.</p><p>Eventually the meeting ended.</p><p>The other two women said they thought they got a lot out of the meeting, and that Fred brought up some good points (though I must of missed those ones from the other room).</p><p>My partner came into my office and recapped the meeting in one looong sentence (they were rather agitated).</p><p>So what's the moral of this story?</p><p>If you don't know why diversity, equity, and inclusion are necessary, then you're probably the reason.</p><p>If you refer to inclusion and social systems as "handout programs" then you have probably lived a priveledged fucking life.</p><p>If you're sitting on a DEI board full of LGBTQIA+/BIPOC people and none of those letters apply to you, then you'd better pay close attention to the collective lived experiences and perspectives of those other members.</p><p>If all the above apply to you, then you're probably Fred (and feeling pretty called out).</p><p>Don't be Fred.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rant</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DiversityEquityInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiversityEquityInclusion</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressives.social/@chargrille" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chargrille</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for your posts.<br>Your list of youtube videos to watch was helpful.<br>Especially the three below.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GaborMat%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GaborMaté</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HenrySiegman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenrySiegman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IlanPappe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IlanPappe</span></a></p><p>Biden seems to be an idiot around Gaza.</p><p>Geopolitics is conducted mainly by those who suffer little consequence from their decisions. 😔 </p><p>Now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodFortune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodFortune</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luck</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> allow me to go and cleanup mu backyard. Luxury, abundance</p><p>Henry Siegman<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/30/henry_siegman_leading_voice_of_us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2014/7/30/hen</span><span class="invisible">ry_siegman_leading_voice_of_us</span></a></p><p>Gabor Maté<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9XF39yjgU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ph9XF39yjg</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>Ilan Pappe<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/28/professor_ilan_pappe_israel_has_chosen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2014/7/28/pro</span><span class="invisible">fessor_ilan_pappe_israel_has_chosen</span></a></p>
Lee Feagin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcoarment" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marcoarment</span></a></span> Ahh, that makes sense. I am so used to simply having the membership feeds, that never even occurred to me. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privelege</span></a></p><p>Thanks, Marco!</p>
Richard Jones<p>The biggest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>challenge</span></a>, it seems to me, for those of us in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beautiful</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> that is the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> is to break the shackles of centuries of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sensual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sensual</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privelege</span></a>. I can toot a mediocre <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photograph</span></a> and get reboosted (I always use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a> obviously). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sight</span></a> is the western world’s premier <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sense</span></a>. But how do we <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a>? Not all of you will share my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/taste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taste</span></a>, of course. But I <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eyes</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ears</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fingers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fingers</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tongue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tongue</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nose</span></a> (as well as the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a>) equally.</p>
Ezme<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@magicalwoodlands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>magicalwoodlands</span></a></span> Sorry, I came off as a fucking know it all. I want to preface that I have a lot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> in the ability to be home isolated with my child who has disabilities; as a white, cis, able bodied appearing, housed, queer womxn in a “heteronormative” relationship.</p>
Mike Switzer<p>So, having recently re-encountered the idea of "having good decisions" vs "making good decisions" it has been on my mind. A lot of great fiction illustrates this. The Last of Us is just full of people making the best bad choice. <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TheLastOfUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLastOfUs</span></a></p>
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Gwenfar :plantmage6:<p>"Inspiration seems to be a privilege I cannot afford and I don’t have enough energy to act on inspiration anyway."<br>- Chris Belous<br><a href="https://www.notgoingbacktonormal.com/chris-belous" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">notgoingbacktonormal.com/chris</span><span class="invisible">-belous</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rage.love/tags/NotGoingBackToNormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotGoingBackToNormal</span></a><br><a href="https://rage.love/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Privelege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privelege</span></a> <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Accessability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessability</span></a></p>