selfdefined/11ty/definitions/performative-allyship.md

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