A good friend of mine, on allies not being part of the community (via meggannn)

^^ in fact, the very reason why allies can be so useful is precisely because they aren’t part of the community. having greater relative privilege, “credibility” with mainstream society, and so on means that allies can wield leverage that we cannot.

(via inkdefense)

A while ago, I went out with someone who flipped the whole ally game on it’s head. Instead of theorizing allyship as something in which an Ally provides their privileged Ally Voice to the poor oppressed people…they thought of allyship in terms of privileged folks needing marginalized people’s voices so that they can understand the world better. Not in the sense that marginalized people are at the service of privileged populations, but that without our voices, privileged people are just lost ignoramuses who don’t know their dreadlocks from their war bonnets and need some damn guidance. 

Just a thought, and also I like this quote and its implications.

(Source: pewpewlasernipples, via amillionparachutes)