The disabled and chronically ill are pretty much always left out of organizing spaces that are run by abled people.
Y’all are cutting out a huge number of people and also missing out on incredible allies because nobody organizes like disabled people.
Why can't FIFA reorganize the referees, send him to Canada or Mexico to officiate there & move a different ref into 🇺🇸?
Surely they have more refs on hand than strictly necessary, so even without a swap, why can't he relieve another ref who's covering more than 1 match?
The most work for unification must fall to those with the most privilege; we must be more open to change. Follow the more marginalized who have been resisting a lot more oppression for a long time.
To your perception, they may seem hostile, or "ungrateful"; you & those like you have been...
anti-fascist?
anti-capitalist?
anti-eugenics?
anti-racist?
*please reflect on your praxis*
and how it also intersects with disability justice - are you wearing a mask to protect the vulnerable?
“nobody’s free until everybody’s free”
don’t do their work for them
wear a mask whenever you can 🙏🏼
why do we organize? why do we say "we keep us safe" if not to mean it?
wearing a respirator puts your words into action, your theory into praxis.
Well hot damn - stay frosty, friends! We've got a scorcher coming tomorrow.
Kinda odd that FRES ends with "Heat stroke is an emergency", but doesn't tell you what heat stroke looks like! The most obvious signs are if someone stops sweating or collapses/passes out, they need a hospital.
