Imperfect Solidarities

This essay was mentioned in “Hierarchien der Solidarität: Hierarchies of Solidarity” by Sinthujan Varatharajah, Moshtari Hilal, so I picked it up because the title intrigued me.
In recent months we have seen the limits of empathy as a way to generate solidarity, while looking at the genocides unfolding in Gaza and Congo at the same time. And I've personally felt uncomfortable while sharing both the traumatic videos and images, as well as the humanizing, heroic stories coming out of both places (with Gaza receiving much more attention) over the question “how messed up is it that I even feel the need to share this in the hopes that more people will care? how messed up is it that these people feel compelled to show us these moments (both horrible and intimate) in order for us to care and not ignore them”. 
I don't know much about the art world, so reading the different examples that d'Souza weaves into the essay was really interesting and enlightening as well.