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Jan. 22nd, 2017 12:00 pm[personal profile] rosered32
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  • Sun, 01:12: RT @jermainedesign: #Thread https://t.co/zW1ZOkKN1D
  • Sun, 01:12: RT @RadRoopa: 21. If white women REFUSE to acknowledge their racism within feminism, none of us will be truly free. And I'm not afraid to d…
  • Sun, 01:12: RT @RadRoopa: 22. If you, white women, take my signs *personally,* then guess what? They *are* about you. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
  • Sun, 01:12: RT @RadRoopa: 20. This side caused little no OVERT discomfort for the white ppl around me but the wording itself is a little more comfortab…
  • Sun, 01:12: RT @RadRoopa: 1. This stat prompted me to make this sign for today's Women's March in Toronto. https://t.co/nPT4pkAgti
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 2. I'm available for Thanksgivings and Christmas dinners. https://t.co/kKOEufzjaW
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 3. The # of dirty looks I got from WW on the subway whilst carrying my sign was eye-opening. WW *really* think today was only…
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 4. And "about them" I mean that they're womanhood is most threatened by a DT admin. Sorry, white women - you voted him in.
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 5. When I got to Nathan Phillips Square, a few white ppl approached me about my sign...
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 6. First was an old man who said, "what's your sign supposed to mean?" I told him feminism is exclusionary of WOC & 53% of WW…
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 7. He listened, nodded, and walked away. That's cool, man.
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 8. Next, an older woman came up and said, "what's the messaging here w/ your sign?" I told her what I told the old man...
  • Sun, 01:13: RT @RadRoopa: 9. She looked at me, disgusted, and said, "today is supposed to be about inclusion." I said I'd like to feel & be more includ…
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 11. Next, another older woman PUT HER HANDS ON ME FROM BEHIND and didn't even *ask* about my sign. She said...
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 10. Then she says, still disgusted, "you know what? This is just sad." And walked away. Ok, lady. 🙄
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 12. "Your sign is very inappropriate! You don't know the things I've gone thru in my life!" I said, "Pls don't touch me."
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 13. She immediately removed her hands from my body and said sorry. And then walked away.
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 14. These three incidents occurred w/in five minutes (I had just arrived to NPS). It happened pretty quickly.
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 15. The white family standing to me said, "we don't all feel like them." That was comforting but why didn't they speak up to…
  • Sun, 01:14: RT @RadRoopa: 16. After that, a brown woman and what appeared to her pre-teen daughter asked what they said.
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 17. I told them and the young girl said, "typical white feminism." LOL! Yes! Teach the babies the truth!
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 18. Listen, I knew my sign was going to be disruptive BUT THAT WAS THE POINT. Am I surprised by these reactions? LOL. No.
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 19. The other side of my sign said this: https://t.co/Re1NU9AM8X
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 23. Moral of the story: today's incidents further illustrated just how much in need we are for signs like mine.
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 24. If my SIGN calling out your racism is somehow WORSE than your racism, then we're in a really bad place.
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 25. And just further illustrates how much today was for White Feminism™ as norm from which the rest of us must exist. Sorry…
  • Sun, 01:15: RT @RadRoopa: 26. Before you "not all white women" me, I KNOW "NOT ALL." But enough, trust me, to know these spaces are not inclusive or ra…
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 27. PRO TIP FOR WHITE FOLKS AT PROTESTS: If you see a WOC w/ a sign *you know* is disruptive, stand near and help her out.
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 28. I wasn't feeling very well this morning so I arrived late (and missed my friends) and was alone at the rally.
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 29. White folks, you have SO MUCH work to do. If you're one of the ones who "gets it," keep talking to your white family & fr…
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 30. UGH. Typos in impassioned threads! Happens to the best of us. Edit button is needed but I digress...
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 31. And let me state, explicitly, for the white folks reading this: these interactions would've been WAY more threatening had…
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 32. Or Indigenous.
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 33. While this totally and epically sucked, the threat of *physical* violence was/is MUCH lower for me than for Black & Indig…
  • Sun, 01:16: RT @RadRoopa: 34. And while I'm giving you a free education here, I wrote "physical" in my last tweet b/c what happened to me was still vio…
  • Sun, 01:17: RT @RadRoopa: 35. As you strive to unlearn your white supremacy, you must gain a more nuanced understanding of violence.
  • Sun, 01:17: RT @RadRoopa: 36. Many Black women stayed at home because they KNOW the violence they're going to experience at events like these.
  • Sun, 01:17: RT @RadRoopa: 37. Ok. That's enough free education for today. But, if you wanna throw some coins my way, pls do: https://t.co/ZOvNnkrwUr
  • Sun, 01:18: RT @RadRoopa: 38. One more thing! There's a name for what I experienced today. It's called WHITE FRAGILITY. Read abt it here: https://t.co/…
  • Sun, 01:39: We need to tell them no!!! We should not pull out of the UN!!!! https://t.co/WKLgdoIhEi
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