em_poc
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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I saw the reaction toward that whole "Latin America is a part of the West" struggle sesh. It really feels like a lot of white comrades often speak over POC voices. I've felt this too when speaking about how the sort of 'Fuck God' rhetoric is so damaging when trying to agitate within Hispanic spaces. The standard hex space is fairly...white I guess? It feels it too.
I agree with everything @Pluto said. Especially regarding the start contrast between online/offline, the MLs. None of the MLs where I'm at speak English and none of the DemSocs speak Spanish. It kind of leads to one voice dominating the other. nonEnglish posting is a great idea!
yeah the vibes in that thread were atrocious and really reductive arguments were being made. and yeah the anti religious stuff is a a hard line to walk because we also dont want to invalidate people religious trauma and as someone who feels like their fathers countries culture is being corrupted by evangelicalism i have quite a few frustrations myself.
Agreed. I'm in a similar position, I just find the way it's handled by white comrades to be not productive. Thank you for this post tho, it's great seeing everyone's responses.
hmm perhaps folks can post with non-english as well instead of only exclusively one or the other? I'm thinking of hand-sign translators. I don't mind putting in the non-english languge and english side-by-side, someone might even help me with my language learning!
你们看一下,现在我给你们中文汉字.啊我不知道真中文.我知道一点点中文.我要看本书.我很累.我要睡觉.
认识你们,我很高兴.
translation attempt
You'll see, right now, I will give you Chinese language characters. Ah, I do not know much of the Chinese language. I want to read a book. I'm tired. I'm want to go to sleep.