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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95% of the time when anglo speaks say "the government" or "the people", they mean the U.S. government and white people. Mfs be like "people in the 1500s used to watch public execution", no you bastard that's your people that used to that, that's white Europeans in the 1500s, most of the world just kind of went along with their day stop making this into a group project. Or it's some bullshit about "today we live in the safest times and I can pay 1.50 for oranges out of their season" yeah because some kid in Africa or South America is forced to work wageless for it, fuck you
Fr, Sandouq_Dyatha. That's B.S, and they call that country which does this sort of periphery exploitation but is aligned to them, a '{bourgeois liberal} democracy'. Like Lenin said, democracy for the slave owners.
You know, I tell ye what, it's like Rania never left
The fastest way for Americans to reveal their racism is to talk to them about foreign policy. They'll tout their "support" for Chinese-Americans being targeted for hate crimes due to covid conspiracy nonsense, for example, then turn around and talk about China being full of "brainwashed commies who support authoritarianism 1956 Gorge Oddbell." They don't acknowledge how they're talking about relatives and friends of the same people they claim to support.
And I think they know how this rhetoric contributes to hate crimes, but this gives them a cover to hate immigrants without saying so. They get to pretend to be progressive and more enlightened than open fascists, patting themselves on the back for doing so. Meaning, they support the racist actions and hate crimes. They're just too chickenshit to come out and say it.
I would say a Mass, Elites, and Rebels quote but I think I've kicked the horse dead enough.
We need an emoji tbh