What Are Your Thoughts on Intersectional Veganism?
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:25 pm
Or otherwise known as Veganism Plus? It's this odd belief that we need to combine the fight against animal suffering with other movements such as Feminism, and Black Lives Matter, because... reasons.
It mainly is based on the racist belief that minorities can't be Vegan because Minorities are all poor, therefore most vegans are white, because... white supremacy somehow. Mostly this includes false beliefs that the First World Country of America and Europe operate under some weird invisible caste system, and therefore all members of a certain group are seen as bad, and oppressive to all members of a different group (Women are only oppressed by men, gays are only oppressed by heterosexuals, etc)
Or in another way:
But what do you think of this? Are all injustices inter-related? Or is veganism and the fight for a global reduction in the suffering of animals unrelated to "the wealthy white male elite" (Everyone of all races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, species, and even people of all abilities harm animals, )
Am I wrong for being anti-Intersectional Veganism?
It mainly is based on the racist belief that minorities can't be Vegan because Minorities are all poor, therefore most vegans are white, because... white supremacy somehow. Mostly this includes false beliefs that the First World Country of America and Europe operate under some weird invisible caste system, and therefore all members of a certain group are seen as bad, and oppressive to all members of a different group (Women are only oppressed by men, gays are only oppressed by heterosexuals, etc)
Or in another way:
Fight the "white cishet male" Bourgeoisie, instead of focusing on people actually causing harm: People who use and sell animal products.“…All forms of oppression and, in turn, the struggles against them, are intimately connected. The subjugation of the earth, it’s non-human animal inhabitants, and the people that are not members of the wealthy white male elite are not unrelated phenomena. Each of these, among the many other injustices that must be confronted, is a product of the white supremacist, patriarchal, capitalist culture that dominates the planet.”
-from BecauseWeMust‘s mission statement
But what do you think of this? Are all injustices inter-related? Or is veganism and the fight for a global reduction in the suffering of animals unrelated to "the wealthy white male elite" (Everyone of all races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, species, and even people of all abilities harm animals, )
Am I wrong for being anti-Intersectional Veganism?