“I think this song isn’t for us.” “But usually everything is!”
Right now, it seems like there are a lot of white, straight, cis, able-bodied men who want to be allies to women, communities of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and the disabled community, but fear keeps them from being as effective as they can be. And rather than scoff at that fear, or tell them to get over it, I want to address it. Because it’s understandable. I certainly don’t pity a community who, because of the privilege they’ve had their entire lives, have been sheltered from the anger of marginalized communities and are now, thanks to the Internet, shocked by the volume of it. However, I understand it, and I ask that they stop and examine it.
