There is a world of difference between being excluded from spaces where you’re marginalized (such as society on the whole) and creating spaces where you aren’t marginalized. Does that make sense?
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ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yay! Segregation again!!! /s I guess we go backwards because people are incapable of moving forwards.
millie@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Safe spaces are not segregation in the same sense as US history. These are folks self selecting, not the government selecting for them. Often online spaces especially need spaces like this so folks in marginalized groups can have a safe community. They are also not stuck to the one feed, they can just choose what feed they want when
ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Agreed that it is not the legal definition of segregation. It is segregation by choice in my own opinion. Because we refuse to move forwards as a world.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 months ago
It’s not the same thing. One was meant to keep black people out of society, and the other is meant to provide community for marginalized folks (in this case black folks, but any marginalized group can have a safe space). And yes, we still have racism and bigotry, but comparing something that was meant to further marginalize people to something that is meant to provide community is just silly.
ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
After some reading, I realize my mistake. It’s not segregation, it’s self-segregation, as per: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-segregation