EssenceOfThought | What is Assimilation Culture & Respectability Politics? @EssenceOfThought | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
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I'd just like to thank Levi from ALeviCalledBird for helping me with the script:
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00:00 - Introduction.
00:42 - My dad pressured me to assimilate.
02:52 - Defining assimilation culture.
03:45 - Assimilation culture is nothing new.
05:25 - How assimilation culture intersects with respectability politics.
06:30 - How assimilation culture revises history.
09:18 - How assimilation fails to work under perfect conditions.
13:17 - How assimilation culture relies on willful ignorance to survive.
14:21 - Assimilation culture and tokenism.
18:48 - Assimilation culture nearly cost me my wife.

*Quick References*
[1] Josh Milton (2020) "Liz Truss Hopes to ‘Placate’ LGBT+ People With Conversion Therapy Ban After Shameful U-turn on Trans Equality", PinkNews.co.uk
Accessed 15th June 2020;
pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/liz-truss-placate-lgbt-people-conversion-therapy-ban-trans-u-turn

[2] Vic Parsons (2020) "Pansexual MP Layla Moran Demands Liz Truss Explain Her ‘retrograde’ Rollback of Trans Rights in Front of Parliament", Pink News.co.uk
Accessed 15th June 2020;
pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/layla-moran-liz-truss-trans-rights-women-gender-recognition-act-single-sex-spaces

[3] Josh Milton (2020) "On the Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Trump Administration Celebrates by Cruelly Erasing Healthcare Protections for Trans Patients", PinkNews.co.uk
Accessed 15th June 2020;
pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/donald-trump-trans-administration-healthcare-rollback-department-of-health-human-service

[4] Josh Milton (2020) "The Trump Administration, in the Midst of a Deadly Pandemic, Is Moving to Scrap Vital Protections for LGBT+ Patients", PinkNews.co.uk
Accessed 15th June 2020;
pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/24/donald-trump-lgbt-administration-department-health-human-services-rollback-obamacare

[5] EssenceOfThought (2020) “Queer Is Not A Slur - A Referenced Response To Lily Orchard”, YouTube.com
Accessed 30th May 2020;
youtu.be/O1ByPYkxuyg?t=784

[6] Juwan J Holmes (2020) "If You Think Voting In Joe Biden Will Solve Black People's Problems, You're Not Listening", Independent.co.uk
Accessed 15th June 2020;
independent.co.uk/voices/protests-vote-2020-us-election-joe-biden-democrats-a9544926.html

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