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?
Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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Juneteenth is a U.S. holiday commemorating black emanicipation and power that originates from Galveston, Texas, where, on this day in 1865, Union General Gordon Granger proclaimed all slaves in Texas, more than 250,000 people, to be free.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of slave abolition in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
I hope you nerds have a good month of June 
Remember no crackers
I'm seeing some of the World Cup videos going around - and I really do love seeing people from other countries welcomed and having a good time. Truly. And for the most part others are enjoying the simple beauty and joy of human interactions. But then there is a contigent of "SEE! America is the greatest country in the world - you are just too ungrateful to realize it"
When I complain about the U.S I don't mean that we don't have very large gas stations or bacon with breakfast. The Americans I interact with are genuinely nice, interesting and dynamic people who I want to be around and this is a fun country (used to be more so but still). All of that is fine. I mean that our government has (among other things) gone on a multi-decade killing spree all over the world to take out thousands leftist leaders, union organizers or just good people who want to help their community. That we funded death squads who did serial killer shit to civilians because they never won actual battles with leftist guerillas. That our culture is so hateful that certain people would rather have less of everything than to see some non white people possibly have more than them.
Whatever joy is coming out of the world is cup is 100 percent despite their best efforts to make us all miserable.
I am angry precisley because I do love Americans and I believe that we have potential. The celebrations are happening in the cities where more people share our politics or at least have the potential to be empathetic, curious and joyful. The right is trying to co opt this energy - as they always do but the moment is against them. Lets make the most of it.
Americans are the worst world cup host just for what they have done to the Iranian team
They act just like zionist settlers with the "you hate us yet use the USB, curious"