Do not let them divide us - BBC and BAFTA are to blame for what happened. Their exploitation and greed ruined a special night

AND this exclusion & exploitation led to more than pain and embarrassment of John Davidson. Even if you understand WHY something happened doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt

This situation wasn’t motivated by a desire to be inclusive; it was greed

So many people think that disability inclusion just means that you don’t tell disabled people that they can’t come or just not laughing in front of our faces

But as with all inclusion:

If you’re not actively seeking to include,

You are excluding

“That man’s disability got exploited that night, and it led to multiple offenses, that’s the BAFTA’s fault. And then the BBC to air what they aired is careless – and not like some haphazard accident – a real lack of care was exercised for those two black men.”

YES 🙌

‘Sinners’ Star Jayme Lawson Speaks Out on BAFTA Incident: “That’s Exploitation” "Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don't provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that's not inclusivity," Lawson told ...

Jayme Lawson’s remarks are spectacular

“Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don’t provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that’s not inclusivity. That’s exploitation”

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

And when you make a mistake (because we all do) and people help you see it, acknowledge it, share your learnings, and do your best to limit the harm that you’ve done

You don’t make excuses and double down

So tired of these influencers never being held accountable

Another example of someone who doesn’t believe she has a responsibility for what she says/posts

To be clear, you should not post or repost anything that you haven’t actually read and understood. If you don’t have time or don’t want to, you don’t actually have to weigh in 🤷‍♀️

I'd be more inclined to believe that Graham Platner is merely a dumbass if he was making different kinds of "mistakes" instead of one very specific type of "mistake" over and over

You guys never fail to make me glad I’m not a democrat. Congrats on platforming a racist, antisemite 🫡

Working class people don’t have to accept actual garbage people just because we’re working class

And if you don’t want the responsibility, don’t post. It’s not complicated

Hi. The thing is that you have a responsibility, regardless of whether you’re online a lot or not, to understand who you’re platforming

Now, hopefully, you understand the harm that you’ve done. So the next step is to delete this post and then post what you’ve learned

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Seriously? Your advice is to let AI do the critical thinking and make a life decision for them? And we wonder why no one has any critical reasoning skills anymore

So what’s everyone doing tonight?

Don’t be a fucking loser and watch the biggest fucking loser when you can read summaries of it after

Not enough people are paying attention to this

There are already social media accounts where creeps go around hitting on young women and girls who don’t know they are being filmed (that’s the tame version)

Meta will undoubtedly get sued, but irreparable damage will be done to privacy rights

Sins Invalid Check out Sins Invalid by Dancers' Group!

If you’re able, buy their book! I promise you will learn even if you are a part of the disabled community (we are not a monolith - keep learning!)

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A lot of times, at best, disability inclusion is an afterthought

The most inclusive groups I’ve been involved with have always been disability-led and I’m grateful to the leaders I have learned from

And though I have never had an opportunity to meet any of the Sins Invalid folks, mad props to them

Everyone thinks of disability accommodation as a burden. Even groups who profess to be “inclusive” or “safe” a lot of times don’t mean those things about disability inclusion

I’ve faced AT LEAST as much ableism in leftist spaces as I have in the workplace and even in some conservative spaces

Almost every time I’ve spoken up about it, I’ve been accused of being shortsighted, distracting the group from its goals, or worse, even accused of trying to sabotage!

I really enjoy reading your content and I wish more people would prioritize expert analysis to help them form their opinions

I just can’t share a substack though. It’s just not a platform I can support because they actively push hate-filled content. Is there any way to read your content elsewhere?

Let’s gooooo!! Labor organizing is SO tough and underappreciated. Every story like this is only possible when we, the workers, unite together

If you want to unionize and you don’t know where to start, check out @labornotes.bsky.social or reach out to a union like @cwaunion.bsky.social

Also the irony of continuing to refuse to include alt text in your image posts even though many have asked you to while talking about inclusion in your bio . . . ✌️

Ugh. I have worked for multiple big tech companies and used AI to create more disability access. I’m not totally against its use. However, promoting the use of AI to create slop that detrimentally impacts the jobs of creatives while wasting limited natural resources - that ain’t it

A bunch of pictures with no alt text as a response. Cool. This will be my only response to you as I don’t engage with people who can’t be arsed to be inclusive

You didn’t post anything contrary to what I said. They still are going to destroy the encampment at the end of the period

#girlboss

😒

Heartbreaking

Why can’t they do the outreach without the destruction? Why can’t they offer more/better services that people want to use instead of forcing people under threat of destroying their homes?

Agreed! SSNs were not meant to be a secret, national identifier and it’s absolutely ridiculous that we’re forcefully exposed to so much risk because of them

Never really been a huge school pride person…

UNTIL NOW

“But as Romney said in a debate in Las Vegas last October, “we got the idea of an individual mandate…from [Newt Gingrich], and [Newt] got it from the Heritage Foundation.””

So brave to pass a conservative think tank’s proposal from the 80s and first implemented by a GOP governor

Yes, I remember how they gave up on single payer and instead passed a bill that had been championed by republicans since the 80s

With the majority in both houses and the presidency

As I sit here, uninsured, I’m happy to give her credit for caving