Invite folks to join you at a protest, or canvassing, or almost anything else that is more than zero. A big chunk of the population can be hooked on action if somebody they know asks.
I am the token white guy where I work and none of my coworkers want to talk about it. They don’t want to protest. They think they are gonna be left alone. They are just one ICE encounter away from finding out but until then they will not step outside their bubble.
i’m not welcome at protests because i’m white and male. why would I go if I am not welcome and seen as a threat rather than a friend? i’m not interested in attending events where i am not welcome.
I’m white and male and I have attended plenty of protests in my 40 years of living. If you’re viewed as a threat instead of a friend, that ain’t the reason.
it’s nonsense to you. It’s my lived experience of attending multiple protests. being told to go fuck myself for just being there. because i look like ‘the enemy’. whatever that means.
so i stopped protesting at all, because it’s not worth it to be verbally assaulted and physically threatened by your so called ‘allies’.
Yeah, that’s the nature of experience, people have different ones. I would agree with you that, for the most part, if you show up to support a protest then you’ll be welcomed and not pushed out, but your experience in Ohio might be different from someone else’s experience in Texas, California, Florida, or NY.
I live in the US south east and moved from one city to another about 3 hours away. When I did so my workplace went from 95% white to 65% black. Protests went from politically charged and racially neutral to religious based and racially charged. Your experience in one place is no guarantee for other people’s experiences in another.
I have no idea where this guy is from, but I could totally see a place in the US where a middle class white guy showing up would raise some eyebrows.
All in all my experience matches yours, but I am also reminded of this video from several years ago. Maybe this video is fake, maybe it’s doctored, or taken out of context, but as it appears in the video it’s just an example that perceptions and opinions can be different for different people and the crowd doesn’t always support you.
Invite folks to join you at a protest, or canvassing, or almost anything else that is more than zero. A big chunk of the population can be hooked on action if somebody they know asks.
I am the token white guy where I work and none of my coworkers want to talk about it. They don’t want to protest. They think they are gonna be left alone. They are just one ICE encounter away from finding out but until then they will not step outside their bubble.
i’m not welcome at protests because i’m white and male. why would I go if I am not welcome and seen as a threat rather than a friend? i’m not interested in attending events where i am not welcome.
I’m white and male and I have attended plenty of protests in my 40 years of living. If you’re viewed as a threat instead of a friend, that ain’t the reason.
This is utter nonsense. Just show up and don’t be an asshole. Nobody is going to kick you out over skin color or gender.
it’s nonsense to you. It’s my lived experience of attending multiple protests. being told to go fuck myself for just being there. because i look like ‘the enemy’. whatever that means.
so i stopped protesting at all, because it’s not worth it to be verbally assaulted and physically threatened by your so called ‘allies’.
All I can say is that your experience is wildly different from any I’ve run into, and would be really unlikely unless you did something.
Yeah, that’s the nature of experience, people have different ones. I would agree with you that, for the most part, if you show up to support a protest then you’ll be welcomed and not pushed out, but your experience in Ohio might be different from someone else’s experience in Texas, California, Florida, or NY.
I live in the US south east and moved from one city to another about 3 hours away. When I did so my workplace went from 95% white to 65% black. Protests went from politically charged and racially neutral to religious based and racially charged. Your experience in one place is no guarantee for other people’s experiences in another.
I have no idea where this guy is from, but I could totally see a place in the US where a middle class white guy showing up would raise some eyebrows.
All in all my experience matches yours, but I am also reminded of this video from several years ago. Maybe this video is fake, maybe it’s doctored, or taken out of context, but as it appears in the video it’s just an example that perceptions and opinions can be different for different people and the crowd doesn’t always support you.