The Anti-Black Pinnings of Ableism
Community organizer and educator Dustin Gibson discusses the white supremacist, colonial, capitalist roots of ableism which structures capitalist society, why a disability justice framework must be abolitionist, and why "the state always has a carceral response to disabled Black people."
Groundings · Dustin Gibson, Devyn Springer
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Show Notes
Community organizer and educator Dustin Gibson discusses the white supremacist, colonial, capitalist roots of ableism which structures capitalist society, why a disability justice framework must be abolitionist, and why "the state always has a carceral response to disabled Black people."
Throughout the episode, you will hear the following audio clips:
- Leroy Moore discussing the erasure of Emmett Till's disability
- Members of Fairfax County, Virginia, at a public forum following the killing of Natasha McKenna
- Jennifer Msumba describing the abuse faced at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Mass.
Cover image: “Back of the Neck,” (1983) by Jean-Michel Basquiat