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When your place in social justice movements is questioned

A Black woman at the protest told me I was taking up space that wasn't mine and I've been spiraling about whether my activism is performative or legitimate.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The politics of authenticity in resistance movements can exclude those whose identities complicate neat categories of oppression.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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