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Ethnic Minorities and People of Color
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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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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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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.
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I feel those with enough money to buy these things just want to enjoy their privilege without thinking about any negatives about it. I rarely have money for things like these, but when rich people share something of those sorts with me I also try not to think about the negatives of those luxuries. It's all about taking a bath in temporary comfort.
But these comforts are running out quick for the majority of people who are on the edge of not affording these things, and we certainly need to study why not all the masses, internationally, can afford them. I can feel the stress of having slipped into that level of money stress.
I usually willingly avoid being confronted by exploitive manufacturing processes because, to me, it's as hard to see as homeless people passed out on bare sidewalk with no blankets. I feel helpless looking at them, and i think, "What's the point of examining this further if I can't help? Just look away."
I'm also disabled and often don't have the spoons to do something even when I feel passionately about a situation. I have to sit on my ass and do nothing just to survive most of the time. Yet I still would like to hear my take on treats critiqued. I'm poor, so leftist critique about treats, even if they're mine, feels like someone cares about me.