“ INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND ABLEISM: BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT (minorities need to do better) ” by Alex Dacy addresses many issues that marginalized communities deal with. Instead of being a piece that conveys a conclusive final statement, it is a manifesto produced from a thinking process that is full of anti-blackness and other racist ideologies, further harming disabled people of color . When I came across this blog post, I wasn’t sure what I would think by the end of having read it. As I began to read it I was surprised to see that there was only one person who wrote it, being that there is an image of an unnamed Black woman being used as part of the header image along with the author herself. It’s unclear on why a Black woman is being used in the header. In my opinion, it was grossly irresponsible to write and publish a piece on these two experiences together, especially coming from a place of privilege on one of the topics that she later speaks on. The ve...
During Black History Month of 2019 I wrote a response piece to someone’s blog. A little bit over a year has passed and I would like to revisit and reflect on what I wrote.