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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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 wish I saw this sooner but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone.
I spent a long time in denial of my blackness, convinced of the lie of a semi-post-racial world where I would be treated equally if I just acted the part; if my background, behavior, speech, hometown, and so on, was no different from that of a white person then there would be no reason for any of my peers to treat me differently. I thought that white privilege would excuse me from the systemic effects of racism, and in some ways it did. But when I was excluded and socially outcast from every peer group, I found any way to blame myself even when the double standard was staring me in the face. The only connection that I had to my blackness was my blood. I was mentally colonized.
Since I started organizing, and building a relationship with the culturally rich and complex black community that has existed just under my nose my entire life, I have never felt more welcomed and effortlessly accepted. I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to act the part, that the folks in this community would see my light skin, hear the way I spoke, sniff out any white supremacist attitudes that were passed to me through my upbringing and instantly reject me, but none of that happened. I had been told so many lies about the city itself that proved to be false. What I had hoped all my life that everyone would see past, that I wouldn't be called on as a token for a community I damn well knew had no right to speak for, became a connection to a world that has welcomed me with open arms and made me a humble student of its deeply revolutionary history.
Your people are out there, comrade. That portion of the black community that want to other you, that can't see beyond your differences to see the immense power in what you have in common, those aren't your people and you can't allow them to define your worth. There is so much inspirational history of struggle in this community; so many that "get it" and don't concern themselves with the exact percentage point of one's blackness. "Whiteness" as a concept in itself is a construct that upholds racial supremacy, we have no business applying it to our own people. No. If you struggle with us then you're Our People.