Internally displaced Palestinians gather to collect food donated by a charity group, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, March 14, 2024.
"When it comes to righteous causes, I generally believe it is important to leave space for people to have an onramp to join at any time. If someone has not been actively supporting campaigns against racism, transphobia or injustice of various kinds, I do not want stigma or shame to keep any individual from joining the cause. The best response when someone shows up for the first time at an activism meeting or organizational space is not to embarrass them but to say, 'Welcome aboard!' However, I do not extend the same grace to welcoming people nor institutions in positions of enormous power, especially when they are still causing and benefiting from the unjust conditions people with less power than they wield are organizing against. It is in this spirit in which I read an open letter,
'News outlets express solidarity with journalists in Gaza' to be too little, too late, and too hypocritical. ..."
Palestinians gather to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, in Gaza City, March 18.
No comments:
Post a Comment