Posted @withregram • @decolonizing_fitness Interdependence is ultimately about “we,” instead of “me.” It understands that we are bound together, by virtue of existing on this planet. Interdependence is generative and grounded in care for one another. It doesn’t live in obligation or entitlement, but rather a loving willingness and a sacred giving.” - Mia Mingus ‘You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence’ — As @mia.mingus highlights in this must read article Abled supremacy reinforces our since of Abled entitlement and the myth of human independence in the midst of this global pandemic. — “When you choose to gamble with your own health, you only take into consideration your own risks and never the risks of others. Abled entitlement ensures risk assessment will always be, “Will I get sick? I will be able to recover OK. My family will be OK. My children will be OK.” Never, “Will they be OK? Will their children be OK? Will their family be OK? Will everyone they might also interact with be OK?” Never, “Could this harm their country? Their state? Their continent?” Shielded by your abled privileged bravado, “it can’t happen to me. I’m healthy.” Never, “Who might I be exposing? I might be OK, but someone else may not…” — “We should be framing this pandemic in terms of interdependence…Interdependence acknowledges that our survival is bound up together, that we are interconnected and what you do impacts others. If this pandemic has done nothing else, it has illuminated how horrible our society is at valuing and practicing interdependence.” — “Interdependence asks us to imagine new ways forward with intention and soulful commitment to each other. We need you. We need all of us. There is no getting out of this pandemic alone. There is no stopping the spread or pushing our government, schools and businesses to do more, alone. We need each other. We need each other…” — #endableism #miamingus #disabilityjustice #disability #disabilityjusticeissocialjustice #decolonizingfitness #abledsupremacy #interdependence https://www.instagram.com/p/CZDzVjCrUJeWWw4nFp0CXVvJ5wQOQTovLjXt-Q0/?utm_medium=tumblr
