Dismantling Supermacy Culture

You know damn well that trying to hold the world up on your own won’t work.

You need to be doing this work in community with others – even when you can’t scratch enough time to connect with others face-to-face.

As a caregiver managing disabilities and challenges while keeping other humans alive, you can acknowledge the reasons you can’t do everything without using them as excuses to not do anything.

So this is what I mean when I say activism work shouldn’t be in addition to the busy schedules and care work you’re already doing. Action for social change must be embedded in your care work.

Our kids need to see a connection between the issues that matter most to them (obtaining candy and minting netherite, getting Penny to stop picking on them at recess) and how growing into their courage and kindness as community member solves those problems while helping others.

We model this balance for them by examining our own challenges. Showing them that care work and activism aren’t something we do to rescue others, but regular human activities we all do to be happier and set boundaries with jerks like Penny.

This series originated in our now-archived Luminary Braintrust group. Click here to view any discussions hosted before 2019.