broke: “this schizoposting girlthing talking about how gods can speak to us through delusions needs help”
woke: saying nothing, just listening intently as the oracle is speaking
The oppressed shouldn’t have to discover a way to teach their oppressors to stop.
No really, I’m reading a book about the indigenous American struggle to do just this. Story after story is the same tune. They came up with a new strategy to get white people to listen and it failed. Over and over.
Not because they’re bad speakers, teachers or anything, no. Mostly just because they formed a really well-thought out argument, presented the data clearly, and spoke softly as to not offend…
…only for the people in charge of our “country” to shrug and say, “nah no thanks, we’re gonna keep doing the bad shit.”
like holy shit this is infuriating to read! I can’t imagine living through it