@StevieRae1666 @encapuchade @RebeccaHurst19 knowing these things exist is you accepting the dominant social contract of “I’ll do what I need to do to get by”. It is quite a simple concept and every single place in the world demands a social contract of rules, laws and citizenship. But whiteness helps staying ignorant.
@StevieRae1666 @encapuchade @RebeccaHurst19 Another example; do you live your life knowing that homelessness, abuse, crime, inequality and racism exist in the place you live? Yes, you do. Is it accepted that, whilst unjust/unfair, it exists as part of the social fabric of this place. This acceptance, this living life
@StevieRae1666 @encapuchade @RebeccaHurst19 unwritten social contract. “Accepting” in the context of this text refers to living with. Example; do you live with the knowledge that 1 in 3 women in this country experience violence in their lives? Yes, yes you do. Do you wake every morning and do anything tangible about it?
@StevieRae1666 @encapuchade @RebeccaHurst19 1. The complexities of the Spanish language often do not translate into English. 2. Colonial academic language is not the only language built to convey ideas/thoughts/philosophy. 3. If you are currently breathing the air if a western country, you are indeed engaged in an
@aristotle1974@ToMyPirateShip Oh yes I do. If I had a dollar for every time a dude named Shane yelled “noice tatts” at me when I brave the local coles, I wouldn’t be shopping at the local coles 🤣
@aristotle1974 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I live in the north and I concur. Between the burn outs, helicopters and “oi Darren ya dumb cvnt” wafting over the streets I’d never hear anything.
@ToMyPirateShip Exactly! Meanwhile I’m running outside in my undies thinking the world is ending 🤣🤣 Her parents in Santiago laughed so hard when she told them.