Emma Dabiri Instagram – No way I’m making “new content” to respond to the 2024 race riots. It’s all been said before and I honestly think part of the problem is our short term, non strategic, reactionary approach to everything. So just sharing a few bits from the wild ride that was 2020 2021 that not only do I think remain relevant but need to actually be fully addressed !!! (Incidentally the @grazia articles are from one story on Meghan Markle and another on Sancho, Rashford and Sako but could be *INSERT RACIST INCIDENT OF CHOICE” it’s allllllll the same ting)
In What White People Can Do Next; From Allyship to Coalition, borrowing from the sociologist Vron Ware, I wrote about how the elimination of pervasive racism is part of an overarching ‘politics of change that does not provide short-term gratification’. The antithesis perhaps then of social media use, with its quick dopamine hits.
The harder slog of necessary anti-racist work that occurs offline, certainly doesn’t “reward” us with the same immediate “buzz”.
“Don’t be discouraged by this; the on-going nature of this work is part of what makes it all the more urgent. As many of us as possible must embark on the journey”. The effort required may well be more enduring, but so to will be the rewards…
In our increasingly fractured and divided times, we must see that our current framing of conversations about race simply don’t work. To continue on the same path is a self indulgence we can no longer afford. | Posted on 05/Aug/2024 18:43:28
