Comment on 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!)

• alyaza@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Again, what you’re saying here is radically different than what OP is saying in the 4 points they posted. There was nothing limiting it to “on discussions about being black”.

  i am demographically one of the people OP is trying to be considerate of (a black nonbinary person)–so i think i have a better idea of what they’re going for here than you. to say nothing of the fact that you’re an off-instance poster who, just to be clear for any observers, analogized the idea of paying attention to any demographic information for any reason to fascist genocides. (“Better yet we can skip that and simply put demographic badges next to people’s username, like a yellow star for Jewish people, a pink triangle for homosexuals, and… hm, that sounds familiar, where has that happened before?”)

  anyways this is not interesting to me and i think we’ve established that you are one of the reasons lists like this need to exist–one of the community mods has already given you a ban for your conduct in this thread and the admins are in agreement that this should be extended sitewide.

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  • thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks very much for wading in, @alyaza@beehaw.org - and thanks again to all the mods for taking action here. Any thread about racism in the fediverse becomes evidence of racism in the fediverse, sigh.

    More positively, though, I got some very helpful feedback here from @Kwakigra@beehaw.org, @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org and @kalanggam@beehaw.org … which is appreciated, and testimony to the fact that clearly a lot of people on Beehaw do get it!

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  • Morcyphr@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re making assumptions about someone that may be different from you. I wonder if we have a word for that? Your tone is toxic. Nothing I see posted was disparaging to you in any way. Put the victim card away.

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