Many of us have realised that the values of freedom and justice, of free speech and equality, were never meant to be applied to all people. We have seen the lengths our governments are willing to go to, not only to silence us, but to keep the war machine chugging along. Conservatives or Labour, Democrats or Republicans, our governments interests no longer lies in serving the people, but in serving the interests of big money players.
Category: zionism
Contentions with Language: manipulating words & ideas to manufacture consent
I’m tired of always having to centre, and even consider, the feelings of those who consistently oppress and dehumanize us in all my conversations. I’m tired of even hearing the prefixes of condemnation and apologists about hostages before feeling safe enough to speak about the atrocities that are happening daily in Gaza, the West bank, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria. To me it’s audacious to even say “Israeli victims” when speaking about the genocide the illegal state is carrying out. Israel is a settler colonial, apartheid state. It’s indecent to expect me to have sympathy for the people who are oppressing my people.
A white woman, a black woman and a hijabi walk into a …
Which of these women is most likely to get a place at a prestigious university without needing to change her name, or apply for a job knowing there won’t be any discrimination? Which of them is disproportionately discriminated against in hospitals with one 3.7 times more likely to die in childbirth because racism is systemic and many still believe that some bodies feel less pain than others due to their colour!
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