full of love

the reason i point out their abuses extend to the public is not to belittle the experiences that these minority firefighters have by the way but to point out that firefighters are nearly every bit as willing to endanger civilian lives as cops. this is not an issue of “we have to make them get along with each other better” this is an issue of “they are putting their coworkers and the public at risk and at times actively threatening or harming them”.

i think it’s very telling that a significant portion of the reblogs on this post are focusing on the misogyny (which is a huge issue, not saying it isnt) and not the antiblackness (and general racism, but especially antiblackness) that is the main point of this post. several other people have pointed out that firefighters are slower to respond to calls in Black neighborhoods and communities and when they do respond, it’s a subpar response. they also pointed out that it was firefighters turning the hoses on the civil rights protestors. again, i’m not saying that the misogyny isn’t present in these spaces, but we have to remember that the white (and nonblack in general) female firefighters are equally capable of enacting antiblack violence as their male counterparts.