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Yup, this is why, being not only neurodivergent/chronically ill but Black as well, while I can have a lot of privilege in this area, I do not fit into most people& #39;s idea of a smart person (at least, not consistently). And I need to let go of wanting to bc that idea is also trash. https://twitter.com/forest_cryptid/status/1264029714676510721">https://twitter.com/forest_cr...
Marginalized spend so much time going, "Just because I& #39;m x doesn& #39;t mean I& #39;m not smart".
It& #39;s a type of respectability politics and it& #39;s gross. It falls apart as soon as intelligence is no longer a thing you can perform.
It& #39;s a type of respectability politics and it& #39;s gross. It falls apart as soon as intelligence is no longer a thing you can perform.
The systemic abuse of people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities is honestly one of the deepest running things in this society. And because of that, it& #39;s one of those things no one wants to truly address either.
They& #39;re not people to y& #39;all. They& #39;re the people y& #39;all will clamber over to gain privilege by pushing them down.
As a Black disabled person, it& #39;s not just that I& #39;m not smart. I don& #39;t want to be. There& #39;s nothing I want to prove to you that my brain can do cause at some point, I won& #39;t be able to do it anyways. And I& #39;m not gonna play this respectability politics game.
Right now I can write this thread. Next week I might not be able to. I struggle to do simple tasks. My memory sucks. Sometimes I struggle to hold a conversation. Sometimes I struggle to do even the simplest math. Sometimes I can& #39;t read.
Why should I try to hide these things and promote whatever strengths I have in the moment and push other people down just to become that person I pushed down the very next week?
More than that, why should I aspire to fit the white man& #39;s ideal of intelligence? Why would I want to validate that? Why should I want this very temporary privilege they might give me if they can take it away at any time?
Anyways, idk how to end this thread. I just want us all to seriously interrogate this within ourselves cause a lot of what I see people doing is really messed up.
