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Fox in reply to @Jingle_Jangle

If I'm right, and this is just a bunch of posh kids that got a bit carried away on a jolly, they are a bunch of absolute twats for co-opting the BLM movement in their defence.

Whenever the middle classes start appropriating someone else's culture they need to be resisted, not hero-worshipped.

Do you not know what allyship is?

Your argument is coming across as "upper middle class white kids can't be BLM allies because they're too posh".

Supporting groups less advantaged than you and uniting to promote a common interest is cultural appropriation? Really?

What @dst2 already said, basically. And here are the answers to their questions.

Can privileged people protest for the unprivileged?

Yes

Can majorities protest for minorities?

Yes

Are their rules?

No

Who makes up these rules?

Fuck rules

Won't gatekeeping ultimately help maintain the status quo?

Yes

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snottyotter in reply to @Fox

I think the main thing to consider with allyship and/or just wading in as white saviours is whether the actions are led or condoned by those affected, as far as I'm aware the BLM protest on the day and previous actions to sort out the statue weren't just white people barrelling in.

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