Adelaide Casely-Hayford, born on this day in 1868, was a Sierra Leone Creole Pan-African feminist, educator, and author. Hayford established a vocational school for young girls in Sierra Leone that emphasized racial and cultural pride.
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/hayford-adelaide-smith-casely-1868-1960/
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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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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.
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Suggested Posts
- [People of Spice]: Food recipes so others can taste your culture
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Honestly, i've wanted to say this for a few days but didn't know where it would belong, but:
I don't even care about Platner himself. I'm not a yankee and a hitlerite will be in charge of Maine eitherway, and as far as i'm concerned, all empire troopers/US politicians are completely revolting and horrible.
What makes this guy and his election so unignorable and just disgusting, is the rabid and fanatic cult-like worshipping the so called American left do for him, a genuinely horrible human being in every single way possible, all for making vague statements about being pro-healthcare (and being opposed to "pointless wars", because it harms the poor smol bean troops and very innocent white americans
. Of course, ignoring the fact that he supports funding the military more.) They also only laser-focus on the tattoo, because it's the only thing about him that can have an alternative explanation in general. They know every other thing he's done is fucking horrid and indefensible, but instead of reconsidering their beliefs, they just ignore it, implying they know what he did and can't even fucking defend it.
What i've learned from all this, never trust a western socialist anything less than being a communist and that wholly condemns US imperialism. And even then, I hate to say this but a lot of white communists are just in it for the treats and feeling better about themselves. Pretty much the only ones you can trust not to become a fascist the moment times get worse is just B/I/POC american socialists .