I agree that Rest in Power shouldn't be used for RGB obviously but I disagree that it shouldn't be used for Heather Heyer because she's white or whatever. I'd say its appropriate to use for anyone who lived their lives for revolutionary values or was died in the face of oppression (thereby justifying its use for someone like George Floyd, who wasnt a revolutionary). Therefor I would think it appropriate for use in Brianna's case, as a hate crime victim.
Saying that its use should be reserved for a specific minority (and from the research I've done, the idea that it was first used for black people is... not necessarily accurate, same with "Say his/her name") just seems like pointless atomization of oppressed groups and the territory of radlibs.
Obviously I should check the fact that I'm white here, but again I've looked this stuff up and both phrases' history doesn't necessarily back up the idea that they were originally AAVE anyway.
In terms of "Rest in power," Black-led orgs already use it on people who aren't Black like Che and Ho, so its use already moved beyond just martyred Black revolutionaries. Saying "rest in power" to someone like John Brown wouldn't attract the ire of most Black people who aren't terminally online weirdos because Black revolutionaries like Malcolm X already acknowledge the sacrifice a white dude like Brown played towards Black liberation.
And as for "say her name," you already see Indigenous activists involved in combating MMIW use it as well. And I haven't seen any Black-led org condemn a documentary about MMIW titled Say Her Name. So why did she ignore the use of Indigenous women activists who use "say her name?" Because she's a clout chasing terminally online weirdo who understands that shitting on Indigenous women trying to stop themselves from getting kidnapped and killed would be bad for her online brand.
I agree that Rest in Power shouldn't be used for RGB obviously but I disagree that it shouldn't be used for Heather Heyer because she's white or whatever. I'd say its appropriate to use for anyone who lived their lives for revolutionary values or was died in the face of oppression (thereby justifying its use for someone like George Floyd, who wasnt a revolutionary). Therefor I would think it appropriate for use in Brianna's case, as a hate crime victim.
Saying that its use should be reserved for a specific minority (and from the research I've done, the idea that it was first used for black people is... not necessarily accurate, same with "Say his/her name") just seems like pointless atomization of oppressed groups and the territory of radlibs.
Obviously I should check the fact that I'm white here, but again I've looked this stuff up and both phrases' history doesn't necessarily back up the idea that they were originally AAVE anyway.
In terms of "Rest in power," Black-led orgs already use it on people who aren't Black like Che and Ho, so its use already moved beyond just martyred Black revolutionaries. Saying "rest in power" to someone like John Brown wouldn't attract the ire of most Black people who aren't terminally online weirdos because Black revolutionaries like Malcolm X already acknowledge the sacrifice a white dude like Brown played towards Black liberation.
And as for "say her name," you already see Indigenous activists involved in combating MMIW use it as well. And I haven't seen any Black-led org condemn a documentary about MMIW titled Say Her Name. So why did she ignore the use of Indigenous women activists who use "say her name?" Because she's a clout chasing terminally online weirdo who understands that shitting on Indigenous women trying to stop themselves from getting kidnapped and killed would be bad for her online brand.
For some reason though throwing a murdered trans femme child under the bus for clout isn't bad for her online brand?
Not to her target audience of idpol radlibs weirdos.
The brand is not about being right, it's about being self-righteous