"Three diagnoses. Three continents. Because being Black and autistic means being told you’re lying even when you have the receipts."
This experience cuts a bit too deep.
Yeah yeah, fuck substack, i know. None the less, i really think some of y'all need to sit down and read this. Cause wayyyy too often, as a black autistic person, I have had to deal with wayyy to much bs and racism from some of y'all outside and online.
#ActuallyAutisic #BlackMastodon #Autism #Racism
lovettejallow.substack.com/p/w…
When White People Use Autism to Justify Their Racism
Autism and Neurodivergence isn’t your shield from accountability. My latest essay exposes how whiteness uses neurodivergence as an excuse for racism, while silencing Black autistic voices. It's time to confront the racial double standards at play.Lovette Jallow (The Lovette Jallow Perspective)