4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!)
4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!)
Draft! Work in progress! Feedback welcome!
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Feedback welcome! Here's the TL;DR list
- Listen more to more Black people
- Post less – and think before you post
- Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
- Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
Other suggestions?
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Headline so stupid I almost clicked to see wtf they were talking about...
Then I realized it's op posting their own blog.
28 11 Replywhere precisely do you imagine you found the rule that they’re not allowed to post their own blog?
16 0 ReplyIf there was a rule I violated, my apologies! But I also didn't see anything about it.
12 0 Replyyou’re fine; there’s no rules against your post, and we’ve never seen that poster before (and good news — now we never will again!)
unfortunately, a thread about the racism experienced by Black folks on the fediverse will attract weird, racist reactions from random posters
17 0 ReplyThanks much! And yeah, comes with the territory. Check out the discussion on lemmy.world - https://lemmy.world/post/18261593
12 0 ReplyNotANaziIWasJustBornIn1988 - 24 points
Yikes, OK I already regret clicking that link.
12 0 ReplyYeah I saw the name and ... no thanks.
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This reminds me of similar threads about misogyny, with similarly dismissive replies.
3 0 ReplyYep, very similar dynamics.
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Sharing your own work is fine.
11 0 Reply