Kali J Desautels

#Repost @rachel.cargle with @get_repost

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Claiming that you’re nice in this country and thinking that’s enough is like walking past a burning house and calling the flames pretty.

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#dothework

When I am feeling bad about the state of women, I make a point of going to @rachel.cargle ‘s feed. This brilliant, insightful, strong, amazing, courageous woman has a feed filled with what it is like to be a woman of colour, most particularly a black woman, in this world. She reminds me that yes, women are suffering, and yes, other First Nations women are discriminated against daily, I have the unearned privilege to have white skin and green eyes, and therefore I have the responsibility to do better, to do more, to be a frigging ally to women and femmes of colour, LQBTQ+ people, Aboriginal women who do not “pass” for white, and every other disenfranchised person on this planet. It is by no means Ms. Cargle’s job to do this, it is not her responsibility to teach me, but I am so grateful that she exists and that she is willing to share her thoughts on Instagram, so that I remember that as much as I feel bad, I have no clue what it is to wake up every day and face a world so ingrained with hatred that my very existence is discriminated against all the time. It reminds me to do better, do more, and to not take for granted things that I have not earned. Thank you. I resolve to do better.