DMA Anderson
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A THREAD: We're heading into 2024, and you are not ready. Not "we." "You." Here's why and what you can do about it.
02:28 PM - Dec 21, 2023
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DMA Anderson
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You're not ready: You still believe and say the U.S.'s violence and hateful rhetoric is "because of Trump." You say this to communities who have consistently experienced this and worse for centuries.

To get ready: Acknowledge that mobile cams and social media created YOUR late awareness of this.
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DMA Anderson
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Not ready: When systemic oppression is brought to light, you carve out an individual space of innocence by expressing surprise/dismay/"this isn't who we are."

To get ready: Upon learning of such practices, you review the habits and systems that kept you ignorant of them then act to dismantle them.
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Not ready: you couch any engagement in a "both sides" framework to demonstrate your impartiality and openness.

To get ready: you study the facts of experiences carefully to develop an informed stance. If you cannot thoroughly understand, you listen to those who do and keep learning.
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Not ready: you enter dialog in which you have neither knowledge nor stakes to offer your unsupported opinion or request research and explanations so you can understand, too.

To get ready: when intrigued by a topic you know nothing about, you do independent research then return to listen and learn.
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Not ready: to enforce unity per your worldview, you shut down disagreement or topics you were taught were uncomfortable or impolite.

To get ready: when triggered by discomfort, you pause engagement, then journal or privately discuss why you can't tolerate it and act to dismantle those trainings.
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Not ready: you measure your progress as a progressive in terms of how few people you offended this year.

To get ready: you measure your progress in terms of what you've learned about yourself and the systems that informed your POV and what actions you took to eliminate limiting and harmful ones.
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Not ready: In the first post, you were put off by the thought that someone had exempted themselves from improvement and assigned themselves grace while making demands of you.

To get ready: You stop assigning yourself thought leadership and valid opinions by default and commit to this tough work.
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thread 9/9
I said over a year ago that the Kindness Kommittee was going to "live, laugh, love" us into an autocracy. My concerns remain. We need everyone fully in. Not on the condition that you're always called nice or treated as an expert in all spaces. On the understanding that it's past time for this shift.
02:28 PM - Dec 21, 2023
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"PROTECT BLACK WOMEN!" - yeah right
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In response to DMA Anderson.
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08:24 AM - Dec 22, 2023
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A work in progress
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In response to DMA Anderson.
Good one; thanks for not holding back.
03:02 PM - Dec 21, 2023
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In response to A work in progress.
Thanks, and this is very much holding back!
05:00 PM - Dec 21, 2023
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