"Veganism is a white-privileged thing."
If only the people who spewed this drivel realised how harmful to POC and poor people this actually is.
Are we supposed to believe that ONLY white and/or privileged people are capable of behaving ethically? Is compassion and decency solely a white trait, and do only the rich understand what it means to be a good person?
Given that the type of people who use this phrase generally associate oppressive behaviour to white people, I'm not quite sure what they're trying to achieve here. If anything, surely a more logical statement for them to make would be, "Since rich white people are oppressors, veganism is very much a non-privileged POC thing".
Seeing as veganism is about abstaining from oppression, calling veganism a "white-privileged thing" is as nonsensical as calling anti racism, anti homophobia, and anti sexism a "white-privileged thing".
Another excellent writing from George Martin
https://www.facebook.com/george.magicmartin
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