If we don t unite we lose, and then pride won t matter anymore. Finally, not only do we have to deal with our political differences but our isms are getting in the way as well. Every mobilization I have been too has been very white. The convergence site in Washington was in a school in a low-income black neighborhood in Washington. When the police raided the convergence space they shut off the whole block.
Privilege blinds people from seeing reality.
We have to deal with this privilege and acknowledge it and then deal with it through communication. We need to stop assuming that racism and sexism and all the other isms are entities we have to fight but see that we are consumed by those isms . Maybe people who deal with racism on a daily bases don t want to hold our hand when in comes to racism in this movement. Maybe we should get on their bandwagon instead of assuming they will join ours. Maybe colonialization should be a topic at the top of our agenda instead of not on the agenda.