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Warmaiden's avatar

Yes! And if I may be so bold, as a former polisci wonk, "ally" has connotations of actual material/strategic contribution - money, arms, permission for passage through other-owned land - that conveys that something of worth has been contributed to a cause. Being basically decent is not the kind of significant actual contribution that "ally" implies to me.

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monique judge's avatar

Exactly this.

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L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

AMEN, YES!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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A Dope Black Girl With Anxiety's avatar

Whew!

I felt all of this… and you know, Twitter is one of those places where those “participation trophies” run rapid. It’s almost as bad as being invited to the cookout - as soon as the access is given - the work stops because they feel like they’ve reached the highest level of “I’m not racist” and… it’s exhausting.

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monique judge's avatar

Baby! Listen.

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SdChrismon's avatar

I stopped using ally a couple years ago for the reasons you’ve outlined here. I’m definitely feeling all of this!

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E. Jean Boone's avatar

ShoNuff

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Shanel Anderson's avatar

This is fantastic. The exhaustion around all of it is too real.

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

All of this! This sums it up - 🛑 Stop giving white people participation trophies for doing the right fucking thing 🛑

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