should i even be surprised anymore?
somewhere in new orleans, ANOTHER white republican wishes to jerk off his conservative peers by talking of how he wants to pass legislation to pay poor women $1,000 to have their tubes tied. his reason? to shun them away from "generational welfare to generational welfare." what's better is how he's willing to give tax incentives to "college-educated" families to have MORE children.
aside from this being a clear and literal INSULT on the bodies and lives of poor women and women of color, it also illustrates the complete disregard for us to make our own decisions of what to do with our bodies. it also bleeds of the eugenicist mindset of our government towards us, thinking that weeding out the "unfit"--the poor, the disabled, the anything-but-white--will lead us into a sudden surplus of wealth and resources.
apparently $1000 is supposed to compensate for the centuries of generational poverty we've been in. this is not at ALL by faults of our own, but decades of racism, neglect, and down right disapproval of our bodies even making it beyond 'scratchin n survivin'. cuz then, we'd be a threat (and BURN THIS MUTHAFUCKA DOWWWN). but obviously if we had any power and resources, we wouldn't need to rely on the government, now would we?
but of course, to them, it's easier to scapegoat and blame our bodies and neighborhoods so they can justify NOT pouring resources into our schools, hospitals, housing, et cetera. and as long as we think we're the problem too, they're doing their jobs perfectly. no matter WHAT economic situation women of color find themselves in, this does NOT give the government control to decide how we conduct ourselves. trust, they havin just as many babies as we are. (hello palin.)
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