My âall rich people are badâ brother would lose his fucking mind if I said âAll men, including youâ.
âErrr I donât exploit youâ, oh but when I had to walk to school in a dense black abaya and long hijab under the sweltering heat and you walked alongside me in your loose dress shirt, your privileged ass never showed any meaningful sympathy?
When you got to play sports outside all day but we girls couldnât because of our restrictive wear and fear of male discrimination and sexual harassment, was it not your privileged ass that didnât mind?
When we went to the beach and or swimming pools, it wasnât you that only wore shorts swimming comfortably while I was covered head to toe in my burkini, still being leered at by the creep across the pool so I couldnât even enjoy myself?
When our male cousin lived with us during the summer, was it not us girls that had to dress modestly and âbehaveâ in our own fucking homes while you played video games shirtless?
When our baby brother was growing up, was it not you that never changed his diaper once in your fucking life despite us being only a year apart in age?
When you started studying Islam just like me, was it not you that accused me of being blasphemous when I brought up concerns about sexism?
You saw obvious discrimination, you experienced privileges and benefitted, and you never once helped. I donât care that you were âniceâ to me and joked around with me and hung out with me sometimesâ the structure of inequality that you never cared to address is clear in my mind.
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