em_poc
Official Title of this Community: Ethnic Minorities and People of Color
Why is the title different?
We like to have fun here.
What is this place? A safe space for underrepresented peoples and peoples of color to talk, chill, and vibe.
What are the basic rules of the community?
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Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.
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This community is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This is a safe space where such people can freely discuss their struggles, insight, and thoughts without fear. If you are not, we respectfully ask you do not post or comment here. A future community will be established to allow for racial discussions with a mixed userbase. However, remember, comments here must still respect Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines.
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Irony Racism is still racism. Racism is bad m'kay? We will treat irony racism and bad faith racist satire as racism. Will wield the ban hammer accordingly.
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No sectarianism: This is an identity channel not a channel for you all to complain about why XYZ isn't the "one true leftism". Take that to another place.
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Stupidpol is not allowed. Stupidpol is class reductionist. We are an identity community. Thinking like stupidpol ignores the struggles of the oppressed, their voices, and their need for unique support. Nothing says oppression more than someone saying that the identity you have is "not real" and that if you only thought like them you'd see what your "real" identity is. Mods reserve the right to ban users and content who promote stupidpol, stupidpol memes, and other class reductionist thinking.
FAQ
I don't look XYZ and/or sometimes I can pass as white so I don't know if I can post here. Can I?
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This place is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This includes those of mixed heritage and those who may be "white" but are of an ethnicity that is a minority in their area (i.e. Kurds, etc) If you've experienced oppression due to your identity that is not based on sexual / gender identification, you are welcome here.
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Moreover, for our American audience, we have people from around the world who are "white" but are oppressed due to being a minority in their country. They are and should be welcomed here.
What can I post?
- Anything you think is relevant to the mission of this community. Things will evolve over time.
- Topics and things relevant to EM and POC.
Suggested Posts
- [People of Spice]: Food recipes so others can taste your culture
- [Theory]: Vid/podcasts/websites discussing issues relevant to identity, anti-imperialism, etc
- [News]: Vids/podcasts/websites that talk about current events relevant to EM and POC
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I usually pull my punches a bit IRL, but if anyone brings up the joke that was made about Puerto Rico at the Trump rally yesterday I'm straight up going to say that any pasty white boy that calls Puerto Rico trash when his country has had a direct hand in impoverishing it should go fucking die in a ditch. Word for word what I'm going to say because I know that its going to come up at some point. I'm fucking tired and irritated by American politics.
It's the exact same energy as when I hear Euros degrade nations in Africa and the Caribbean, as if colonialism hadn't haunted these places for ages.
Hear a lot from Fr*nchies, "oh we pillaged you and genocided you for 132 years yet you haven't landed on the moon in 62 years? pfft failed state" like dawg you left us with a literacy rate of 3%, no factories, half the agricultural space used for making wine, millions dead missing and wounded, unfair trade deals, and a thousand other things.
God and then people wanna wonder why the only people I hate more than Amerikans are the French like cracker motherfucker give back all the gold and uranium you stole and we'll see who fails then
translating a french tweet from a white frenchie gives you the lost page columbus's diaries
Remarkable that they ravage countries in africa and WE are the ones seen as savages. This is a fucking stupid world
Imma guess the French were so butthurt, they sanctioned y'all as well...
couldn't find anything rn, I don't remember if they did after the independence, but they did sanctions during the 90s