[ID: a short twitter thread by user @.itswalela about Chadwick Boseman’s passing.
the first tweet reads, “Im not gonna romanticize how Chadwick Boseman worked thru his cancer. Cuz I’ve seen how able bodied people use it for inspiration porn of disabled ppl. I will uplift he did what he loved, I will uplift his wife and family, I will uplift the lives he impacted. May he Rest in Power.”
the reply reads, “The romanticization I’m seeing happening is what kills cancer patients. It’s what sends my community - Black disabled ppl - to an early grave cuz we “should” do more, work harder, & we aren’t taken seriously. We aren’t focusing on his grind, we are goin to focus on his personhood”