#''should trans people be allowed to live? thinkpiece''

[kn11ves]

>find poc creator talking about issues regarding their comminity

>not part of it but find it interesting topic so watch lots of their videos about it and trends

>find her personality to be good and her stances fair and respectful

>put channel to oldest content to put interesting videos in a watch later

"THE TRANSES ARE INDOCTRINATING YOUR CHILDREN" "TIRED OF RESPECTING PRONOUNS" "TRIGGERED FEMINISTS" "PARENTS OF TRANS KIDS HAVE NO BACKBONES" "WOMEN WANT TO BE TRADWIFES"

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[galaxy-notes]

beyond individual actions: showing up for black lives and black liberation

so much of my politics — especially my radicalization and ability to envision new futures — is informed by and credited to the lens that black feminism, indigenous self-determination, anarchist practice, queer/trans/eco-feminist + disability justice organizing provides. even the following thoughts are a result this lens, in addition to learning from experiences as a student organizer and with loved ones over the past 4-6 years. shout out to my people at api resistance — full of love and gratitude to be in community with you all.

this credit runs deep. black and indigenous-led organizing (not mutually exclusive) in particular, in their struggle to free their own people from being subjected to centuries of the most oppressive forms of state-sponsored violence, have been and are always: forming the sharpest analysis, pushing us to the most radical possibilities, and leading all of our movements closer to a liberated world. this is nothing new nor surprising. i know many of us already understand the kind of responsibility we have to black and indigenous people here — and to our comrades/abolitionists/healers/visionaries/youth at the front lines of this revolutionary period, including those before us, who have and are shaping human evolution.

this is not a new moment: we have unfortunately witnessed the same horrors in previous years, time and time again. and at each turn, often the same asian american thinkpieces are polished, set to go and widely shared almost immediately the next day. they are written with good intentions, encouraging our people to begin engaging in the fight against anti black racism and state violence. but i would hope that time after time, we would have a new set of steps or ways of re-thinking/re-imagining (those that largely shape this discourse) which help us engage more fruitfully. organizing should be adaptive, and not stuck in time loops. what did we learn previously? what worked and didn’t work? what new visions and strategies do we have for ourselves? and most importantly, how does our organizing reflect and align with the world that abolition demands?

in parsing through thinkpieces that urgently and neatly lay out a number of rushed ‘actions’ asians can do right now (which, regardless of the time we’re in, tend to have the same messaging), some questions come to mind for me. here is what i have found helpful to ask and challenge in myself over the past years:

i am noticing there’s not always context provided for these actions. many tend to focus on “collect your family, call them out” etc, as if that is all that’s needed to dismantle systems and can be done simply and individually. actions that are more aligned with dismantling systems are listed out as a vauge “demand justice,” but with no specified groups to turn to. first of all, are those actions connected to already existing organizing where we live? can we list these out, city by city? what local black and indigenous orgs/efforts are we involved in that aims to abolish the settler-colonial police state, and invest in communities? are we organizing with their leadership and forming authentic, trusting relationships? how are we staying committed to the struggle for black liberation + black/indigenous futures, not only in the U.S. but globally? where is our place globally? and in what way is our liberation bound together?

secondly, can we go beyond the individual and see our commitment to black liberation as a collective responsibility? where is my movement family and radical/political home base? is there more than one — and if so, what strategic coalitions are possible? who are my people i choose to do this with, and how do we build this base to collectively deepen relationships among ourselves and with our communities that disrupt, transform and heal? what lens can we offer to this struggle? how are we radically shaping our own evolution?

and lastly, i wanna note that no one is immune to colonization, generational trauma, and psychological conditioning by the state. police + prison abolition requires us to unlearn and practice it within ourselves and in our own relationships too. what internal copaganda, oppressive beliefs, values and behaviors do i need to (re-)examine in myself? how does it stem from my upbringing and childhood? where is my family from? what traumas and experiences have shaped my family’s beliefs to not only become a part of me, but also to further our collusion in casteist/colonial/racist violence? what and where is my role now in transforming that part of me, and ending these cycles of violence within my family/community and between communities? can this translate to what and how i organize with my “home base” in the movement?

and... that’s where i am so far. i hope that some of this may be useful and allow us to pose and unravel more questions, to help us reach the answers we want and need. i hope that in this emerging moment, we can slow down to be thoughtful, reflective and adaptive in how we think, show up and organize together.

much love and solidarity. 💜🌿✨