11ty/definitions/performative-allyship.md

---
title: performative allyship
slug: performative-allyship
defined: true
speech: noun
flag:
  level: tool
  text: White Supremacy Tool
reading:
  - text: 'Are you practicing performative allyship?'
    href: http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/07/09/are-you-practicing-performative-allyship/
  - text: 'Is This Your Queen? Ellen Pompeo, Growth and Performative White Allyship'
    href: https://www.theroot.com/is-this-your-queen-ellen-pompeo-growth-and-performati-1830593400
  - text: 'Performative allyship: what it is, what it looks like, and why we want to avoid it.'
    href: https://www.scarymommy.com/performative-allyship-what-it-is-what-it-looks-like-and-why-we-want-to-avoid-it/
---

when an individual or group of power/majority/privilege (e.g., white, male, abled, unqueer, etc) loudly profess(es) their actions in the name of 'allyship,' while actively conducting harm to, taking focus away from, and generally being unhelpful towards the group they claim to support, often to receive praise and attention, without taking critical action to dismantle the systems of harm.

## Impact

Performative allyship detracts from the stories of the oppressed and the impact that oppression has on them in favour of the stories of the oppressors and their intent to help. The cost of performative allyship can also be that the stories of the oppressed people are appropriated, watered down, and inaccurately retold by people who should not be telling those stories.
feat(definitions): add performative allyship && ocd 2019-11-15 23:23:24 +01:00			`---`
			`title: performative allyship`
			`slug: performative-allyship`
			`defined: true`
			`speech: noun`
			`flag:`
			`level: tool`
			`text: White Supremacy Tool`
			`reading:`
feat(definitions): remove type of flag and always use text 2019-11-17 22:26:48 +01:00			`- text: 'Are you practicing performative allyship?'`
feat(definitions): add performative allyship && ocd 2019-11-15 23:23:24 +01:00			`href: http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/07/09/are-you-practicing-performative-allyship/`
feat(definitions): remove type of flag and always use text 2019-11-17 22:26:48 +01:00			`- text: 'Is This Your Queen? Ellen Pompeo, Growth and Performative White Allyship'`
feat(definitions): add performative allyship && ocd 2019-11-15 23:23:24 +01:00			`href: https://www.theroot.com/is-this-your-queen-ellen-pompeo-growth-and-performati-1830593400`
			`- text: 'Performative allyship: what it is, what it looks like, and why we want to avoid it.'`
			`href: https://www.scarymommy.com/performative-allyship-what-it-is-what-it-looks-like-and-why-we-want-to-avoid-it/`
			`---`

			`when an individual or group of power/majority/privilege (e.g., white, male, abled, unqueer, etc) loudly profess(es) their actions in the name of 'allyship,' while actively conducting harm to, taking focus away from, and generally being unhelpful towards the group they claim to support, often to receive praise and attention, without taking critical action to dismantle the systems of harm.`

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feat(definitions): add performative allyship && ocd 2019-11-15 23:23:24 +01:00
			`Performative allyship detracts from the stories of the oppressed and the impact that oppression has on them in favour of the stories of the oppressors and their intent to help. The cost of performative allyship can also be that the stories of the oppressed people are appropriated, watered down, and inaccurately retold by people who should not be telling those stories.`