Ethnic Minorities and People of Color

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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?

Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.
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.
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.
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.
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?

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.
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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EM POC WEEKLY THREAD 12/23/24 (hexbear.net)

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HOW ARE WE DOING YALL?? I Know a lot of yall are going through it rn. NO CRACKERS ALLOWED, THEY WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT

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[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then you're all kinds of "counter-revolutionary", "comprador", "segregationist", "genocide enthusiast"( thanks Horsh, never gonna let go of what happened to Prof. Flowers on my life), or my personal favorite, the one I've been called more times by white people on this site than any site I've ever been on, "black supremacist".

Then they wonder why I have so little faith in them that I don't even regard a 'left' in this nation that isn't predominantly Black or Indigenous.

It's especially bullshit because the closest we've gotten to an actual communist revolution in the US was the Black Panther Party. Hell, that might even be the closest we've gotten to any sort of leftwing revolution in the first world along with the IRA. Both movements were directly opposed by whites in North America and by basically everyone in Europe. Not even the Red Army Faction in Germany had the momentum of the Panthers, despite using way more violence.

Then there's the Nation of Islam, which obviously was reactionary and not leftist. You could probably even make the argument it was black supremacist. The NoI still did more for civil rights in this country than any group of whites ever has or ever will. Even things white leftists take for granted were done by the NoI.

[+] frauddogg@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

when someone calls me a supremacist

If they're calling you a supremacist they have no idea what anything approaching a "black supremacist" really looks like. Was reminded of this exact thing, aside from interactions with hotep family members over the holidays, from FD Signifier's drake beef coverage; paraphrasing "Aubrey didn't mention any of Kendrick's 5 Percenter connections that would be better fuel because he literally doesn't know about this stuff, he doesn't understand it at all". The idea of white hexbears calling anyone here "black supremacist" lmao

the concept of 'critical support' goes RIGHT out the window

"Critical Support" means "if I say this you can't criticize me". There's hardly any actual critical support - it's either completely uncritical jerking over orthodox opinions, or vague signaling towards "support" that crumbles immediately (actually the usual thinly veiled white racist bullshit.)

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's still my stance that the only reason Farrakhan is still alive is because he sold somebody to the FBI. I can't immediately prove it, I don't have the receipts, but my gut tells me there's kin-blood on that man's hands.

This is still ongoing:

Malcolm X assassination lawsuit

It was announced last year and I think the actual trial starts in 2025. They're getting subpoenas and whatnot, plus requests using the Freedom of Information Act.

But like everyone knows those weren't rogue members of the NoI acting on their own. Elijah Muhammed, one of his sons, or Farrakhan ordered the hit and law enforcement helped them do it.

the concept of 'critical support' goes RIGHT out the window as soon as these settlers see melanin.

Then scold us for not supporting a white chud committing chud-on-chud violence lmao. Yes, it's good when fascists kill one another. No, we do not have to continue helping them. I'm not losing any sleep over some CEO getting shot. I also won't lose any sleep if his killer (a racist, homophobic, sexist asshat) gets tossed in prison.