▲ 69 ▼ Ethnic Minorities and People of Color BiWeekly Thread 15/09/2025 and 22/09/2025 (hexbear.net) submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net [M] to c/em_poc@hexbear.net 214 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hello nerds hope you all have a good next week Remember no crackers It was pretty funny Kirk got shot
[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago (1 child) I hate how "don't talk about politics" because it just means white people can be soft racist without consequences permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (2 children) when they say no politics here, they mean the same no politics of their dinner in thanks giving, as in they let their uncle and meemaaaw talk about how much they hate poc and how vaccines aren't real and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. This is non political whiteness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, something like that. Politics, to them, is anything that subverts that status quo of such white 'culture' being normal. Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). an American soldier talking about his crimes isn't political, you can have literal cartoons for children with "respect the troops" messaging, but you bring up American wars and suddenly you're being political permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. Still banned from my sister's house for doing this to my now-brother-in-law lmaoooo It's not politics when family members sit there and go off about "tax dollars going to waste on welfare queens" or the homeless or DEI, but when I point out how they're advocating for things that affect me (especially when I point out my skin, hair, and eye color), I'm the one who "ruined the holiday." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) If you take away a white person’s ability to live as the undisputed master of the universe—to take his own experience as normal and privileged, and to presume all others to be debased copies of his own primary existence—then you take away his whiteness. His heart will fall to the ground and he will not be able to lift it up again. After that, nothing will happen: whiteness will be dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (2 children) when they say no politics here, they mean the same no politics of their dinner in thanks giving, as in they let their uncle and meemaaaw talk about how much they hate poc and how vaccines aren't real and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. This is non political whiteness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, something like that. Politics, to them, is anything that subverts that status quo of such white 'culture' being normal. Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). an American soldier talking about his crimes isn't political, you can have literal cartoons for children with "respect the troops" messaging, but you bring up American wars and suddenly you're being political permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. Still banned from my sister's house for doing this to my now-brother-in-law lmaoooo It's not politics when family members sit there and go off about "tax dollars going to waste on welfare queens" or the homeless or DEI, but when I point out how they're advocating for things that affect me (especially when I point out my skin, hair, and eye color), I'm the one who "ruined the holiday." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) If you take away a white person’s ability to live as the undisputed master of the universe—to take his own experience as normal and privileged, and to presume all others to be debased copies of his own primary existence—then you take away his whiteness. His heart will fall to the ground and he will not be able to lift it up again. After that, nothing will happen: whiteness will be dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (2 children) when they say no politics here, they mean the same no politics of their dinner in thanks giving, as in they let their uncle and meemaaaw talk about how much they hate poc and how vaccines aren't real and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. This is non political whiteness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, something like that. Politics, to them, is anything that subverts that status quo of such white 'culture' being normal. Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). an American soldier talking about his crimes isn't political, you can have literal cartoons for children with "respect the troops" messaging, but you bring up American wars and suddenly you're being political permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. Still banned from my sister's house for doing this to my now-brother-in-law lmaoooo It's not politics when family members sit there and go off about "tax dollars going to waste on welfare queens" or the homeless or DEI, but when I point out how they're advocating for things that affect me (especially when I point out my skin, hair, and eye color), I'm the one who "ruined the holiday." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) If you take away a white person’s ability to live as the undisputed master of the universe—to take his own experience as normal and privileged, and to presume all others to be debased copies of his own primary existence—then you take away his whiteness. His heart will fall to the ground and he will not be able to lift it up again. After that, nothing will happen: whiteness will be dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, something like that. Politics, to them, is anything that subverts that status quo of such white 'culture' being normal. Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). an American soldier talking about his crimes isn't political, you can have literal cartoons for children with "respect the troops" messaging, but you bring up American wars and suddenly you're being political permalink fedilink source parent
[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago Then you extrapolate that to anything else such as imperial ventures (they don't question why US bases are everywhere; just that the US is essentially world police and always been to them, and anyone who challenges is that is anti-Amerikkkan). an American soldier talking about his crimes isn't political, you can have literal cartoons for children with "respect the troops" messaging, but you bring up American wars and suddenly you're being political permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) and it's political if they call them out on their bullshit. Still banned from my sister's house for doing this to my now-brother-in-law lmaoooo It's not politics when family members sit there and go off about "tax dollars going to waste on welfare queens" or the homeless or DEI, but when I point out how they're advocating for things that affect me (especially when I point out my skin, hair, and eye color), I'm the one who "ruined the holiday." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) If you take away a white person’s ability to live as the undisputed master of the universe—to take his own experience as normal and privileged, and to presume all others to be debased copies of his own primary existence—then you take away his whiteness. His heart will fall to the ground and he will not be able to lift it up again. After that, nothing will happen: whiteness will be dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) If you take away a white person’s ability to live as the undisputed master of the universe—to take his own experience as normal and privileged, and to presume all others to be debased copies of his own primary existence—then you take away his whiteness. His heart will fall to the ground and he will not be able to lift it up again. After that, nothing will happen: whiteness will be dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago Describes my BIL perfectly permalink fedilink source parent
hope you all have a good next week
