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When your partner silences your political voice while performing activism publicly

My white boyfriend keeps telling me I'm 'too political' when I talk about racism but then posts about social justice on Instagram for his friends to see.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The cognitive dissonance of intimate relationships crossing political and racial lines reveals how performative allyship can coexist with personal dismissal.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Political identity across cultures?”

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