The role of bystander, this continuum from permission-granter to permission-denier, is a place where anti-fascist and many, many kinds of anti-discrimination work converge.
Those subtle moments of hideous people asking permission are some of the moments where we are most powerful in our daily lives. What kind of self-training have you done — or wished you’d done — to be ready in those moments? What tools do you keep in your toolbox? I’m interested to hear.
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