“There are no such things as divine, immutable or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim to them.”
-helen keller
ummm
ok helen but you rong, doe
is it me or is this a disabled white woman being ableist as fuck?! among other isms.
if you dont have immutable rights unless you can fight for them….then i guess alot of people who literally CANNOT fight should be content w their ever oppressed status?
and i guess unless black folks *fought* to be freed, they wouldnt deserve to have rights?
humans are humans from the day theyre born. that includes immutable, inalienable human rights whether you can fight for them rights or not.
unless she was bein facetious
ummm
NO
I don’t know much about this woman but if this is what she said then that’s shitty.
y’know, this is the one thing that irks me about marginalised people who get a chance to be on the same stage as the dominant group.
They immeditely decide to shit on those who aren’t so lucky to be where they are.
they say offensive bullshit like ”well if I can do it, so can you!” which is basically what that quote boils down to.
what they should be saying is “wow Im lucky to be on this platform but I realize Im one of the very few from my marginalized group to actually achieve this, I wonder why a lot of us are being restricted by the dominant group from getting to this spot??”
It’s like they refuse to see the bigger picture of everything and think they were literally the first person from their marginalized group to want to achieve stuff, jesus christ.They would much rather say pseudo-philosophical crap that dismisses the very real struggles of thousands of people.
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sophiaphilia reblogged this from queerhairyvag and added:
At first I couldn’t understand how you guys got that meaning from that quote, but maybe it’s because Hellen Keller’s...
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mamitah reblogged this from nezua and added:
yes i read it the same…but i also think that Keller is not talking from an individualistic point of view, but from a...
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isnobueno reblogged this from nezua and added:
^^^^^ (Nezua’s)
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bad-dominicana reblogged this from nezua and added:
word. i read it both ways but am not quite sure how she meant it.
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nezua reblogged this from bad-dominicana and added:
hmm. i see your point. i read it as pragmatic vs ideal. there are rights we all have…ideally. as in idea. in theory....
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la-lutte said:
if girl wasn’t lucky enough to be born in a family w/ access to a dedicated tutor, she would be dropping no quotes whatsoever. eugh.
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queerhairyvag reblogged this from bad-dominicana and added:
I don’t know much about this woman but if this is what she said then that’s shitty. y’know, this is the one thing that...
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blackfoxx said:
damn i dont even know. its like you would have to see her face when she said it lol. it could be hella sarcastic and facetious or she coulda been dead as serious and literal lol….
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raspberryfeministbarbie said:
srsly wat so babies dont have human rights? last time i checked they cant fight for themselves :/
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