As an aspiring ally, I recognize that there are people in this world who I don’t share a common identity with that I’d like to be in solidarity with. There are oppressions in our country that I benefit from, I affirm that this is incredibly harmful, and I want to actively want to fight to end this…. [ Read More ]
Category: Disability Rights
Recognizing My Privilege While Experiencing Oppression
As a Woman of Color; a Black Woman, I found it nearly impossible to reconcile with myself the notion of me holding privilege. I understood where privilege showed up. I watched it unveil itself in schools by teachers, in stores by clerks, in restaurants, in the workplace by my supervisors as well as my direct… [ Read More ]
Crip Camp
“For 25 days in April 1977, a group of roughly 150 disability rights activists took over the fourth floor of a federal building in San Francisco. They would not leave, they said, until President Jimmy Carter’s administration agreed to implement a four-year-old law protecting the rights of people with disabilities.” Contributing to this civil disobedience… [ Read More ]
#WHM Spotlight: Helen Keller beyond “The Miracle Worker”
Most know the general story of the deaf-blind, unruly little girl, Helen Keller, who was taught to read, write and speak by her 20 year old teacher, Ann Sullivan. The book and movie portray the breakthrough moment when Helen feels water from a pump and Ms. Sullivan spells W-a-t-e-r on her hand. Actually, the… [ Read More ]