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Ethnic Minorities and People of Color
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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.
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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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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.
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Nelson Mandela Released From Prison (1990)
On this week (11th of February) in 1990, anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison following negotiations with South African President F. W. de Klerk. In 1994, Mandela was elected President, becoming the country's first black head of state.
Mandela, a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), had been convicted on charges of sabotage at the Rivonia Trial in 1964, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, serving 27 years before his release in 1990.
During his years in prison, Mandela became a major symbol of both the domestic and international anti-apartheid movement. In 1988, hundreds of millions people watched the "Free Nelson Mandela" concert, televised from London's Wembley Stadium.
Following decades of mass internal resistance along with global boycotts and sanctions, newly inaugurated South African State President F.W. de Klerk lifted the state of emergency law, legalized anti-apartheid opposition groups such as the ANC, South African Communist Party, and Pan-Africanist Congress, and released many political prisoners.
Mandela was released on February 11th, 1990 to massive international attention. Driven to Cape Town's City Hall through crowds, Mandela gave a speech where he declared his intention to participate in negotiations, although he noted that the ANC's armed struggle was not yet over before change had taken place.
In 1994, he was elected South Africa's first black president in the country's first ever multiracial election.
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
- Nelson Mandela
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i hope you all have a good february
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Exact same for me even thought I'm not black, race trumps all other aspect of my identity. That's just how it works in this world imo.
Same. Took me forever to figure out any queerness on my part because the oppression from race was so much louder and more difficult + destructive that it required far more of my attention
I always find this to be common among most queer poc I speak with and yet it seems to offend white queers as if we're saying queerphobia isn't an issue lmao
We live in a worldwide caste system that will continue to exist so long as there are borders and hierarchies. There's no way around race because it's so globally all-consuming.
Since becoming physically disabled, I have not experienced nearly as much ableism as I have racism in the same time frame. There's still a lot of ableism around mental illness I have to deal with, but it seems like people are more open to discussing problems around suicide than they are talking about race. It's often "deer in headlights" from white liberals.
I'm disabled myself and I agree 100% with you.
This is what led me to realize that white queer people and white women are absolutely not worth my fucking time.
Even most the worst of our people (race wise) still see us as human when our supposed white queer and women allies don't but pretend like they do or aren't even aware of how much racist biases they hold.