Imani Barbarin

Donald Trump, similarly, the kind of this bumbling fool kind of caricature that we have of this man who was still competent enough to get elected a second time.

Donald Trump, similarly, the kind of this bumbling fool kind of caricature that we have of this man who was still competent enough to get elected a second time.

What I find with ableism is that because it can be applied so widely, it never really goes away. When we think of specific insults for certain groups, certain slurs for certain groups of people, they're only applicable to that group of people. True. When we think of the N-word, it's only applicable to Black people.

What I find with ableism is that because it can be applied so widely, it never really goes away. When we think of specific insults for certain groups, certain slurs for certain groups of people, they're only applicable to that group of people. True. When we think of the N-word, it's only applicable to Black people.

What I find with ableism is that because it can be applied so widely, it never really goes away. When we think of specific insults for certain groups, certain slurs for certain groups of people, they're only applicable to that group of people. True. When we think of the N-word, it's only applicable to Black people.

Like, effectively, when we think of other insults for different communities, they're only applicable to those groups of people. But for disability, because you don't have to be disabled to experience ableism, it's applied to everyone.

Like, effectively, when we think of other insults for different communities, they're only applicable to those groups of people. But for disability, because you don't have to be disabled to experience ableism, it's applied to everyone.

Like, effectively, when we think of other insults for different communities, they're only applicable to those groups of people. But for disability, because you don't have to be disabled to experience ableism, it's applied to everyone.

When we think about something becoming so out of the realm of possibility for something to say, being so insulting that nobody wants to say it, it almost never includes disabled people. One of the reasons why is because we don't talk to disabled people as a society.

When we think about something becoming so out of the realm of possibility for something to say, being so insulting that nobody wants to say it, it almost never includes disabled people. One of the reasons why is because we don't talk to disabled people as a society.

When we think about something becoming so out of the realm of possibility for something to say, being so insulting that nobody wants to say it, it almost never includes disabled people. One of the reasons why is because we don't talk to disabled people as a society.

We talk around disabled people. We talk to family members. We talk to medical professionals. We talk to policymakers. And only in recent memory do we actually talk directly to disabled people like they are adults, like we are a group of people willing to have a conversation with rather than everybody talking around us.

We talk around disabled people. We talk to family members. We talk to medical professionals. We talk to policymakers. And only in recent memory do we actually talk directly to disabled people like they are adults, like we are a group of people willing to have a conversation with rather than everybody talking around us.

We talk around disabled people. We talk to family members. We talk to medical professionals. We talk to policymakers. And only in recent memory do we actually talk directly to disabled people like they are adults, like we are a group of people willing to have a conversation with rather than everybody talking around us.

in this paternalistic manner, telling us what we should and shouldn't want for ourselves, right? And so when we talk about the R word, do they trust us enough to say that this is something we don't want to hear?

in this paternalistic manner, telling us what we should and shouldn't want for ourselves, right? And so when we talk about the R word, do they trust us enough to say that this is something we don't want to hear?

in this paternalistic manner, telling us what we should and shouldn't want for ourselves, right? And so when we talk about the R word, do they trust us enough to say that this is something we don't want to hear?

No diagnosis has automatically made you racist. And the flip side of that, which is very frustrating, is that there are people who genuinely believe that racism should be treated like a diagnosis.

No diagnosis has automatically made you racist. And the flip side of that, which is very frustrating, is that there are people who genuinely believe that racism should be treated like a diagnosis.

No diagnosis has automatically made you racist. And the flip side of that, which is very frustrating, is that there are people who genuinely believe that racism should be treated like a diagnosis.