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Early Access July 1. What is Assimilation Culture & Respectability Politics? (Patreon)

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2020-07-03 11:22:55

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Assimilation culture and respectability politics are an inherently destructive and ineffective approach to equality, that care more about forcing marginalised groups to fit predetermined roles than actually bringing about a sense of humanity and justice.

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What is Assimilation Culture & Respectability Politics?

*Transcript & Content Warning* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KIBzh4lCsRca82TV--7pdwYs8lWfd3HBfcISNnnQZ94/edit?usp=sharing 00:00 - Introduction. 00:42 - My dad pressured me to assimilate. 02:52 - Defining assimilation culture. 03:45 - Assimilation culture is nothing new. 05:25 - How assimilation culture intersects with respectability politics. 06:30 - How assimilation culture revises history. 09:18 - How assimilation fails to work under perfect conditions. 13:17 - How assimilation culture relies on willful ignorance to survive. 14:21 - Assimilation culture and tokenism. 18:48 - Assimilation culture nearly cost me my wife. *Quick References* [1] Josh Milton (2020) "Liz Truss Hopes to ‘Placate’ LGBT+ People With Conversion Therapy Ban After Shameful U-turn on Trans Equality", PinkNews.co.uk Accessed 15th June 2020; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/liz-truss-placate-lgbt-people-conversion-therapy-ban-trans-u-turn/ [2] Vic Parsons (2020) "Pansexual MP Layla Moran Demands Liz Truss Explain Her ‘retrograde’ Rollback of Trans Rights in Front of Parliament", Pink News.co.uk Accessed 15th June 2020; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/layla-moran-liz-truss-trans-rights-women-gender-recognition-act-single-sex-spaces/ [3] Josh Milton (2020) "On the Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Trump Administration Celebrates by Cruelly Erasing Healthcare Protections for Trans Patients", PinkNews.co.uk Accessed 15th June 2020; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/donald-trump-trans-administration-healthcare-rollback-department-of-health-human-service/ [4] Josh Milton (2020) "The Trump Administration, in the Midst of a Deadly Pandemic, Is Moving to Scrap Vital Protections for LGBT+ Patients", PinkNews.co.uk Accessed 15th June 2020; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/24/donald-trump-lgbt-administration-department-health-human-services-rollback-obamacare/ [5] EssenceOfThought (2020) “Queer Is Not A Slur - A Referenced Response To Lily Orchard”, YouTube.com Accessed 30th May 2020; https://youtu.be/O1ByPYkxuyg?t=784 [6] Juwan J Holmes (2020) "If You Think Voting In Joe Biden Will Solve Black People's Problems, You're Not Listening", Independent.co.uk Accessed 15th June 2020; https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/protests-vote-2020-us-election-joe-biden-democrats-a9544926.html Hi, welcome to the Essence Of Thought YouTube channel! Please help support us and our work! http://www.patreon.com/EssenceOfThought Feel free to follow us on FB, Twitter & Instgram! https://www.facebook.com/EssenceOfThought https://twitter.com/EssenceOfTweet https://www.instagram.com/essenceofproduction/ Art commissioned from M N Starr; https://twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr) All music used has been paid for as part of a royalty free license agreement; https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw4LGQ531oabLWU1TDV2SWszZEE