ext_376810 ([identity profile] jimmi-obadger.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] gaudior 2009-12-12 05:19 pm (UTC)

I also notice this particularly in disability activism, where disabled people saying they want the kinds of help they want, not the kinds that non-disabled people assume they need, are often met with considerable resistance and accusations of ingratitude.

This -- the notion that if those [insert minority here] people would just accept the charity offered, instead having the gall to ask for what is really needed, everything would be all hunky-dory -- is, of course, not limited to the disabled community. And it is good to see others recognizing and grappling with this tension.

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