182 Intent vs Impact. Let’s talk about it.
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Exhausted from a whirlwind week at the 2018 Animal Rights Conference, we talk about intent vs impact in terms of what that really means and how it can be applied to building stronger relationships.
In This Episode
Having a lot of recent experience, directly and indirectly, with conflict and advocacy, we take a moment to talk today about intent vs impact. When you become an ally, you are told that intent doesn’t matter, only impact does. But this is a simplification if we’re talking about building lasting, strong relationships and practicing restorative justice. This is a VERY nuanced conversation, we hope our listeners can hear what we are saying. There’s certainly no requirements for how a victim should process their experience, but there’s also a disheartening trend in social justice warrior (SJW) spaces to burn each other to the ground over mistakes or honest misunderstandings. We hope that together, by practicing restorative justice and giving each other space to come together and process (when appropriate), we can build a stronger, inclusive, compassionate movement.
Joke in the Middle
What do you call waffles on the beach?
Links and Information
News
- Superbug Found in 80 Percent of Supermarket Meat (VegNews)
- Vegan Bake Sale to Raise Funds for Migrant Families (VegNews)
- Canadian Prisons Reinstate Inmate-Staffed Dairy Farms (VegNews)
Referenced in this Episode
Thank you so much for this conversation! It has been a kind of emperor’s new clothes scenario, where so many people have felt this way but thought they were alone, and therefore nervous to bring attention to it. Thank you for taking the time to have this nuanced, thoughtful discussion, and keeping sight of the goal of creating strong, healthy relationships through respectful, charitable, and compassionate conversations.
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Thanks for bringing up prison labour in Canada, and yes, it’s similarly awful as in the US: https://twitter.com/n0nmanifest/status/1004708259700322305
Also the organization Evolve Our Prison Farms seems to do a better job of taking the interests of prisoners into account than the article mentioned in the episode: http://evolveourprisonfarms.ca/voices/#prisoner-perspectives