Ally Claiming
Publicly identifying as an “ally” without doing the hard work of redistribution, structural change, or accountability.
SSA Ontology
Glossary Of Extractive Allyship
A permanent publication within the SSA Ontology, with a stable web address and machine-readable identity.
Concept scheme · 5 concepts
Glossary Of Extractive Allyship
Not all support is supportive. These terms name when “help” is a disguise for control, when “amplifying” means erasing, and when so-called allies benefit more than those they claim to stand beside.
Credit Laundering
When someone uses your work, words, or frameworks and presents them as their own “insight” in safer or more prestigious spaces.
Experience Harvesting
Collecting lived-experience stories to generate funding, branding, or prestige—while offering little to no return to those who shared them.
Platform Jacking
When someone with more visibility “amplifies” a lived-experience message—then becomes the spokesperson, drowning out the original voice.
Reflective Displacement
Centres the ally’s feelings about injustice instead of the injustice itself—shifting focus and labour back onto the marginalised person.