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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Oh yeah they definitely would. Wasn’t there a small-ish struggle session a few months ago where people were arguing whether Latin America is considered a “Western” country? And some users from Europe were like, “Nuh-uh, over here your kind would never be considered one of us”. The threads felt like those 4-chan who is and who isn’t white discussions.
yooooooooooo that was fucking insane,they ran a Palestinian/Hispanic person off the site, just mask off racism.
Re-reading the thread and the responses are wild. Like much more than I initially thought
holy FUCK.
How are these different from 4Chan comments
i really belive the average white hexbear is seconds away from pulling out the skull mesuring tools. ive also had at least half a dozen white hexbears say argue with me to say that hasanabi is not white and him claiming hes white is the same as a black republican saying racism is over. some even said that if a white European person reverts to islam that makes them not white .
also mind linking that thread?
This is the reply from CatratchoPalestino that started everything I think: https://hexbear.net/comment/4389987
and this is the effort post in response to what had happened: https://hexbear.net/post/1423571
People here always say that whiteness isn't clearly defined then turn into race scientists the second a POC challenges their preconceived notion of who is white lmao.
I've seen your arguments with various crackers on this site, and I have tremendous respect for you to be able to keep your composure around them while standing your ground. This place can get so unbearably white and misogynistic at times... so mad props
I completely missed this one, but its pretty wild. Especially when you see people on hexbear talking about how the Latino community in the US isn't monolithic anytime there is a discussion about American electoral politics.
Then someone who actually lives in Latin America points out how white people within those countries consider themselves to be part of the West and suddenly the crackers feel the need to point out that no, Latinos aren't white? Lol, what fucking clown shit.
Its amazing how quickly a number of whites here forget to stick to all the beliefs they talk about on the regular.
thank you!!! that really means a lot, i do it all for all of yall really so thank you! and thanks for the link!