Status Updates From White Benevolence: Racism a...

Really took my time with this one, and finally nearing the end. More thoughts to come; I just loved this quote: "I [Alex Wilson] asked [Dr. Kalani Young], 'What does queering mean to you?' and she says that queering is transforming a poison into medicine."

In context of broader discourse about how meritocracy serves to compel hard work while blaming oppressed people for their lack of access to privilege:
"... 'multiculturalism does not view racialized people as actors with agency.' Instead, white settler Canadians maintain power and continue to dictate the parameters of belonging, all the while appearing benevolent through offers of nominal cultural participation."

"A system of genocide, residential schools were characterized by harsh punishment and rampant abuse, and they imposed infeasible rules against any displays of Indigenous identity."
I feel like school dress codes and policing Black students' expression, language, and tone are usually examined on their own, rather than recognizing them as the latest in a long line of efforts to control and 'civilize' people of color.