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5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (privacy.thenexus.today)
submitted 4 months ago by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Here's the list:

  1. Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
  5. Approach it intersectionally

The full article goes into detail, and also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistakes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.

Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!

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[-] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

As someone who is not a US citizen, I can't understand what it's all about. How could someone tell the color of the person who is participating? For me, everybody is just the same, and I can only judge them for what they're saying, not who they are.

  1. Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices;

Isn't it already done independently of the skin color of the person?

  1. Post less – and think before you post

I can only guess this point is lacking context.

  1. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it

I can't say I have seen it, and I believe it happens a lot, so I guess people are reporting. That's the better point of the list!

  1. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects

If the message is good and promotes equality, normal people gravitate to it. Racist people will not care regardless of this text.

  1. Approach it intersectionally

What?

[-] self@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago

there’s an entire article attached you didn’t read before you decided to post this pointless nonsense, and the link’s right after the parts you quoted

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 12 points 4 months ago

what, you mean we have to read things before we spew opinions about them? what an utterly odious requirement! admins! help! I am being oppressed!

((......oh god I hope this joke is helped to land by dint of domain.....))

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