Comments on: Inside the Activists’ Studio’s Erin Markman http://jewschool.com/2012/05/09/28613/inside-the-activists%e2%80%99-studio%e2%80%99s-erin-markman/ Progressive Jews & Judaism Thu, 23 May 2013 10:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trey Plonison http://jewschool.com/2012/05/09/28613/inside-the-activists%e2%80%99-studio%e2%80%99s-erin-markman/comment-page-1/#comment-697841 Trey Plonison Wed, 09 May 2012 16:28:15 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=28613#comment-697841 How ironic.... You draw inspiration from the quote “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. And I am not free as long as one person of Color remains chained. Nor is any one of you.” ...a quote that is sexist and racist at it's core. This "ally" thing looks more like an exercise in defining solidarity groups and enemies. How ironic….

You draw inspiration from the quote

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. And I am not free as long as one person of Color remains chained. Nor is any one of you.”

…a quote that is sexist and racist at it’s core. This “ally” thing looks more like an exercise in defining solidarity groups and enemies.

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