kalmplex djing/speaking at occupy toronto's activist assembly after party

addressing racial representation in occupy toronto

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• kalmplex
• occupy toronto
• occupyto
• racism
• politics

[limewinter]

I cant believe people booed this.

[colonizedmutant]

this was an amazing intervention! good point about people of colour being used to entertain white people!

[19caplin82]

are white ppl not working for minimum wage ? go to a soup kitchen in Toronto and do a race check. lets try to address this issue without being rude and ignorant.alot of ppl from alot of races quit there jobs and made other huge sacrafices to join occupy. and they didnt do it to be falsly accused, degraded or resented. lets find common ground. that means meeting in the middle. nobody can be expected to bend over for anyone else. we are in this together, we are not our enemies.lets listen better!

[bertoHorta]

why is it up to the "white privileged" people to incorporate people of colour. why is not up to people of colour to incorporate PEOPLE OF COLOUR.

there's no sign up sheet. if you feel more people of colour need to be at occupy, then you need to spear head that. its not racism, its not necessarily oppression, its just that many people have a lot of work to do then to hear more people just complain and complain and complain with out offering any bit of constructive criticism or any solution.

[tygris22]

amazing intervention...lol at fading out the music and then fading it back in

[jeohzhere]

i do agree in much of what you said, and i agree that the OCCUPYTO movement doesn't represent who they state they represent. i can only relate to being marginalized in that i am gay & live in a TCHC building. person's of all colours, creeds, identities live here. BUT we are still called GHETTO. i relate from a smaller angle~like super teeny tiny small angle. i would like to project positive energy that your words are HEARD! i may be a white grrrl but i support anyone who's voice needs 2b heard

[deerkate]

so much respect for you

[deerkate]

thank you sister

[djh74london]

"If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything"

PE

[twoleftsmakearight]

Kalmplex, I have so much respect for you. It's shocking how so many white people don't acknowledge their glaring privilege! And I say this as a white person who is doubly privileged to be able to afford being in a postsecondary environment where I'm able to take classes like Critical Race Feminisms! It just goes to show that what you say about white people having the tools to do the work and learn is absolutely true. There's no excuse for denial, and claiming ignorance is a cheap lie.

[marcelthemaoist]

The whiteboy that was stomping around and crying because of this was lulz. He felt "marginalized" for like 2 minutes lol.

[onometopoeia]

Bless you, and bless your allies. I don't have the patience to deal with the willfully obtuse.