Respectability imo is when you are forced to do it in your day to day to simply exist. This is bullshit for the reasons you outline.
Praxis is when you are actually trying to make a meaningful change that sticks, and when doing that, what matters is what /works/, not what feels good. And guess what? People in their Sunday best being brutalized, uh, works. The more you can make someone feel 'This fucked up thing could have happened to me', the more they are likely to join your side, so giving them someone to feel common ground with?
That's not Respectability Politics at all. That's playing to fuckin' win, baby, and personally I hate losing.
Yea, there's a huge diff b/w Respectability Politics and, well, Praxis.
Respectability imo is when you are forced to do it in your day to day to simply exist. This is bullshit for the reasons you outline.
Praxis is when you are actually trying to make a meaningful change that sticks, and when doing that, what matters is what /works/, not what feels good. And guess what? People in their Sunday best being brutalized, uh, works. The more you can make someone feel 'This fucked up thing could have happened to me', the more they are likely to join your side, so giving them someone to feel common ground with?
That's not Respectability Politics at all. That's playing to fuckin' win, baby, and personally I hate losing.
Thank you so much for this comment! i'm gonna read more about Praxis :)