Why haven’t you been talking about the racism in Rick’s writing? Reblogging a few things doesn’t count, why are you silent on this?
my posts have been queued for weeks now, personal reasons have made me less inclined to be on here. i’ve been logged out for the majority of the past several weeks (since before rick made those tweets), as tumblr simply isn’t something i really want to spend time doing anymore. however, when certain big things occur, tiff tells me, and i log on to reblog important/relevant posts. she told me about rick’s latest racist remarks, so i logged on, reblogged all the posts i saw regarding the situation, and logged back off before work.
i am a white woman. that being said, i reblogged posts instead of making my own because as an ally, i know that giving bipoc a platform is crucial. as a white woman, i could not offer my own experiences because i don’t have personal experiences of racism. i can, however, use my blog as a place of support, which is why i reblogged many posts written by poc to give them the platform they deserve. i am not indigenous, i am not muslim, i am not black, i am not asian, so i felt as though i should not make a post because it takes away from the bipoc who were affected. i didn’t want to speak for the affected marginalized groups; i instead spread their word. i’m sorry if my lack of a personal post made it seem like i was complicit or defending rick’s actions. i simply did not want to speak over bipoc.
tumblr has not been a priority of mine for several months now. i only redownloaded the app to respond to this ask. unless tiff tells me what’s going on, i don’t know about it. i’m currently working so my free time is spent doing other things that are not tumblr. i haven’t felt happy on here in a while and if not for my queue, my blog would be inactive completely. i spend my free time signal boosting on my private, personal accounts rather than tumblr. but because none of you follow those accounts, i understand how tone deaf and ignorant i must come across, and for that i sincerely apologize.
