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The people who tend to call themselves allies are usually the people with privilege, who will not have a mutual benefit from whatever they're trying to help with

— Feminista Jones

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The last thing I'm interested in is someone who is slapping a label on themselve as a way to be recognized as a good person

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The mutual benefit would be, 'Wow, now both black and white people won't be suspected of shoplifting

This really makes sense because what we're doing is conspiring to shut down entire systems of oppression

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