#fightstructraloppression

[ladydanefe]

ON CECIL THE LION AND STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION

If people are allowed to kill black people like our lives mean nothing what makes you think they not gonna kill a lion. The truth is this, white supremacy holds nothing sacred, no life is immune to its hunger to enslave, kill, and destroy. No land is too holy for it not to plunder and burn down! No God too righteous for it not to attempt to imprison and dear white people, those without any money, you gay, lesbian, bisexual and Trans white people, you may be last on its list but reality check, your life means nothing to white supremacy too.

My people, those who meet at my intersections, those who consider themselves my comrades know this, Structural oppression will have our land to ash, our lives turned to dust and our legacy scattered to the four winds if we do not dismantle this fucking shit!

DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI

[ladydanefe]

ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY, ERASURE, AND JUSTICE

For some of us the victory of marriage equality comes at a heavy price. Never forget the countless trans women of color certain LGB “T” organizations,  so foccussed on marriage equality, kept from accessing jobs. Never forget the countless trans people whose voices have been erased, silenced and forgotten during this fight for marriage equality- even when their's is the loudest in favor of it. Never forget the countless people of color in other countries who are deeper in poverty because some of the marriage equality funders' business practices support anti-blackness as well as  support driving their countries deeper in debt. Never forget the countless homeless lgbtq youth and elders who have been told by the mainstream LGB  movement, they would come back for them later. Never forget the countless murdered trans women of color who suffered because orgs so focused on marriage equality (and with enormous budgets) poured nothing into economic justice, safer schools and safer neighborhoods. Never forget with out the bravery of trans women of color  like Marsha p Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Ms.Major and countless other trans and gender non conforming folk there would be no lgbtq movement. Never forget in many pre-colonized cultures there was already marriage equality. Never forget that blood pays the cost for every piece of pro lgbtq legislation, not the president, not the Supreme Court, blood. Blood transformed into money. Blood often attempted to be washed away by forget. Congrats beloved, but never forget we have way more work to do.

***Black Bodies still swinging from popular trees. Trans People still told we shouldn’t exist...**

DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI

[ladydanefe]

A TRANS WOMAN SPEAKS ON CHARLESTON, ANTI-BLACKNESS AND WHITE SUPREMACY

We live in a country where we can watch 12 yrs a slave and yet deny the atrocities of slavery We live in a country soaked in blood, built on bones and drunk on tears We live in a country where the government will demand we be a Christian nation and yet remain silent when Black Christians are slaughtered in their churches We live in a country where white terrorism is celebrated as patriotism We live in a country that actively engaged in killing trans people and yet pretends trans people never existed We live in a country who's school system is designed to tell white children what they steal they own and who they kill deserve it We live in a country where black pain is white supremacy's sexual delight We live in a country where Martha Washington is canonized but Mary Ellen Pleasant is forgotten We live in a country where they would rather us watch television shows about bringing rapist to justice rather than bring rapist to justice. We live in a country that reinforces and generates mental trauma and yet stigmatizes mental illness We live in a country where only white men are pitied for acts of terrorism We live in a country where white politicians can demand we return to the "good ole days" without  being jailed for treason- our president is black

We live in a country that celebrates the genocide  of indigenous peoples and call it nation building We live in a country that tells black people our rage will keep us out of heaven We live in a country whose anti blackness is so pervasive that we entertain the lie that a white woman could be black We live in a country where our black president can be considered the most powerful man in the world and yet he too is held hostage by white supremacy We live in a country where you can play by all the rules, worship the state God, live a life of peace and none of those things will save you We live in a country that would rather protect white supremacy than its own citizens We live in a country that offers white women as distractions while consigning on tying nooses around its black citizens' necks We live in a country that will tell me it's best I live here rather than somewhere else while engaging in a system that is responsible for globalized anti blackness We live in a country that wants us to love it but attempts to kill us everyday We live in a country that likes its blackness docile, complacent and dead We live in a country where not taking accountability is always its answer when its citizens ask why...

DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI