“Individual intent is not necessary for systemic evil.” EvilRacismIntentionInjusticeGood IntentionsSystemic RacismIntentionsSystemic Oppression Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Selective solidarity exposes the self-serving impulse to bolster ones ego (and ease ones conscience), all while avoiding the necessarily difficult and costly practices of allyship for the cheap knock-off of performative compassion.” JusticeCompassionEgoRacismEqualitySolidarityAllyshipPerformative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“If you see suspicious behaviour from someone who you can more easily identify with, you are more likely to give them the benefit of the doubt than those enacting the same behaviour but who you can not so easily identify with. This does not make you a bad person, it makes you a conditioned person. The quality of your character is, instead, measured by how you respond to that conditioning, both in the moment and in the rest of your life.” CharacterJusticeRacismPrejudiceEqualityDiscriminationSexismBiasConditioningNormativity Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Imitation is the highest form of flattery' all too often means 'Appropriation is the easiest form of thievery'.” CultureJusticeRacismImitationFlatteryTheftAppropriationCultural Appropriation Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Without question, there have been well-intentioned movements to improve access to this “freedom” (with various degrees of success), but such efforts have largely been about carving out space within the established system. This shuffling of the deck chairs might improve conditions marginally for some but ultimately results in little more than accommodating and perpetuating the very unjust and oppressive systems without addressing the root causes (see neo-liberalism).” FreedomLibertyRacismEqualityDiscriminationLiberalismEquityInequityNeo Liberalism Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Notice how selective that logic is. When a member of a group we already distrust commits harm, the group becomes suspect. When a member of our own group commits harm, the explanation becomes individual, complex, and tragic. We instinctively widen context for those we identify with and narrow it for those we do not. While that reflex is common to all of us, the question is whether we will let it rule us.” HateFearRacismPrejudiceBigotryBiasScapegoating Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Some things that are common should never become commonplace- usual, expected, the "norm". Hate crimes, for example, are increasingly common. Never stop being outraged by them.” HateJusticeCommonNormalRacismInjusticeLgbtqHate CrimeNormative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci