I finally figured out a term for this
You know how white liberal people are so quick to support gay marriage, but then they completely ignore things like violence against GSM people of color, or higher rates of GSM youth incarceration, abuse, and homelessness, or there being no legal protections for being fired or evicted for being gay or non-binary?
TRICKLE DOWN JUSTICE
Like I believe marriage is important— especially the legal protections and privileges it comes with. But when people are regularly dying and being abused because they are not hetero or cisgender, and no one wants to talk about it…that’s Trickle Down Justice. Because the impression is that getting this one single goal will suddenly make things better, and that these are the only “rights” people need to fight for. We don’t want to be critical of our society and how things like race, gender, and class affect how a trans person of color is treated. Or how there are a ton of homeless Queer youth. Or how marriage in general is still very flawed and assimilationist.
We don’t want to admit that this “big step” we are fighting for is only really going to help a small subset of the actual LGBT population.
This is something to think about.
…Trickle Down Justice
That’s perfect
and the comparison to urine doesn’t even miss a beat
(via strugglingtobeheard)
