Ethnic Minorities and People of Color
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'm not a doomer. I don't think we live in some hopeless scenario where the world is forever doomed. I hate these words.
These words don't mean anything. I hate that any point I make is summarized with some dumb internet word whose definition is open to interpretation.
If I take in all the current and past news from these past couple decades, something you have the same exact access to, and come up with a different conclusion, does that make me an armchair leftist? You can disagree all you want idgaf, but understand that these countries CAN make mistakes. I can point out these mistakes and honestly whole strategies, not out of a sense superiority, but because this is a niche internet forum. I do so to learn, discuss, and to see what others have to say.
Honestly this place needs to put China down from it's pedestal.
I don't know how you can read anything that I posted and come to that conclusion. So much of what I bring up has literally happened in the past. Hell, my position is the same position the Chinese had toward the USSR with their lack of contribution in the Korean Civil War.
It's optimists vs pessimists if you don't like my choice of words. There's a toxic dynamic that has formed recently in the news mega. Sorry that you got caught up in some weird online shit.
Unless you're one of those people in the news mega shitting on the PRC for not shooting down Pelosi's plane when she visited the ROC president Tsai Ing-wen in 2022, this is not applicable to you whatsoever. There's a particular shithead who I have in mind when I wrote that sentence and it isn't you. My comment isn't about you specifically. It wasn't even a reply to your original comment in this mega.
I don't want to bring any more drama from a mega to another mega that has nothing to do with it.
My bad then, didn't mean to come at you like that.
No worries. The situation in Syria is grim to say the least, and people's emotions are going to reflect that unfortunate reality.