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The white men jumping on my #FGM thread saying things like “Yeah that mother needs to rot in hell!” As if you give a flying fuck about girls subjected to the horrors of FGM. I fight FGM w/every fiber of my being but I know for some white people it’s another excuse for racist shit
I hate the cultural relativists too, believe me. Theirs is a racism of lower expectations - the “it’s their culture” racist shit. I respect no culture that hurts women and girls. Who made it”culture.” Not women and girls, for sure. Just shut up and listen to those of us affected
This is why I insist you listen to survivors and activists like my sister and comrade @LeylaHussein. This is why I share that so many women of my extended family were subjected to #FGM. This is not an abstract notion for so many of us. Itvisbin our homes.
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