As much as we all like to think we're careful with the words we choose, ableist language is pervasive and examples in pop culture are everywhere.
Some have claimed Diviney's actions were a cynical attempt to raise her advocacy platform.Disability rights advocates of colour questioned why Diviney was so quick to call out lyrics
by Black artists Lizzo and Beyoncé but neglected to highlight the issue when white artists used ableist words in their songs.Ola Ojewumi, a double transplant survivor, wheelchair user and advocate for women, people of colour and the disabled, believes Diviney has used white privilege to criticise Black women musicians.
"Many well-intentioned white disability rights activists have yet to reckon with their white privilege and racism," she says. "I don't disagree with Hannah Diviney's statements but I feel the onslaught of criticism for Lizzo and Beyoncé from white disabled advocates is rooted in misogynoir and racial double standards."- was not criticised by white disabled activists in the same immediate and critical manner.
She says when giving people with disabilities platforms as experts, they should take an intersectional approach. "Inclusion is more than just a disabled body. Rather it's our lived experiences and multiple identities," Ojewumi says. Diviney, who uses a wheelchair, says her decision to call out artists appropriating ableist language has "never been about the person but the slur in question".
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