fariharoisin: EI: You were waxing poetic on representation, whiteness, and tokenism during the How W
fariharoisin: EI: You were waxing poetic on representation, whiteness, and tokenism during the How We Write Now: Cultural Criticism in an Era of Deconstructed Whiteness event. What does representation look like to you in this political climate? FR: Solidarity. Solidarity. Solidarity. Amongst everyone. But also, less performativity. I’m tired of people espousing something on Twitter and not self actualizing those politics in their actual lives. I’m tired of women of color talking about protecting women of color online, and not doing that IRL. I know I’m going to sound like an old grump, but it’s infuriating to see people who’ve fucked you over criticizing the very things they’ve done to you. It’s so easy now to have the right vocabulary, but what are people doing with their hearts? Where’s the integrity? We need to actually be the change we tell other people to be. If you want to read the rest of the interview, here it is. -- source link