Dr Robert X….WE OBJECT (PART 2)

Ableism 101: What it is, what it looks like, and what we can do to to fix it

 JEDI stands for “justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

JEDI connects justice initiatives to corporate capital  Jedi is more than just a name: It’s a product. Circulating that product’s name can promote and benefit the corporation that owns it, even if we do not mean to do so. We are, in effect, providing that corporation—Disney—with a form of free advertising, commodifying and cheapening our justice work in the process. Such informal co-branding entangles our initiatives in Disney’s morally messy past and present.