Isabel Fajardo
Week O9
AO3
The
most interesting part I found about “Building a Culture of Solidarity: Racial
Discourse, Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Social Justice” is that other POC
also related to the sentiment, the message that the BLM movement stands for. It
is these good intentions, though that often get mislead. I totally understand
why some Black people may get offended when other POCs take their hashtag and
modify to something that fits them, whether it be for solidarity or otherwise.
Whatever sentiment may be behind the action, on the face of things, it looks
like Black people are being silenced. As stated in the article, these acts
often do not attribute the women or communities for their struggles, and for
their hard work in making the hashtag as popular as it is.
As I stated in my last blog post,
one of most important things of being a supporter of other POCs is to make sure
that your voice is not overshadowing those who are struggling in the situation.
For Black Lives Matter, that means addressing the anti-Blackness in the Asian-American
community. It is also important to not think of movements as the “who’s more
oppressed” competition; it should be thought of to support and stand with other
oppressed people who share the same experiences as you. One of my favorite
quotes in the article about forming alliances is that it “helps to sustain a
culture of solidarity, one which allows us to subvert the status quo while
simultaneously building love and respect for one another across cultural difference.”
Question: How can we start establishing
relationships with other POCs at UCD?
Reference:
[NBC
News]. (2016, May 17). Voices: Asian Americans On #BlackLivesMatter |
NBC Asian America [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5JeC_ESPg
Ramos, S. F. (2016, April 20).
Building a Culture of Solidarity: Racial Discourse, Black Lives Matter, and
Indigenous Social Justice. Retrieved November 17, 2017, from
http://enculturation.net/building-a-culture-of-solidarity
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